{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1960-08-02","airworthiness_ops":"Aerial advertising","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-01-20","city":"HOLLYWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"011","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-29","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101820","mode_s_code":"50702062","mode_s_hex":"A38432","model":"PA-18-135","n_number":"N3257B","name":"VAN WAGNER AERIAL MEDIA LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hollywood","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-06-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA08LA130","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point on landing and improper use of brakes. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the throttle cable attachment tab due to preexisting cracks.","registration":"N3257B","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on June 28, 2008 at Hollywood, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Durbin","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-11-06","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC08LA033","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power while in cruise flight due to the partially separated crankshaft oil seal.","registration":"N3257B","state":"WV","summary":"Accident on November 6, 2007 at Durbin, WV: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3257B is a Piper PA-18-135, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC, an LLC in Hollywood, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 20, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising, dated August 2, 1960.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Van Wagner Aerial Media LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 20, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 2, 1960, 6 years after the 1954 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-3275 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3257B according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N3257B: Accident on June 28, 2008 at Hollywood, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 6, 2007 at Durbin, WV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-3275","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1600 E AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00373413","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3257B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1954,"zip":"33023"}