{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1973-08-27","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-06-15","city":"PALMER","country_code":"US","county_code":"170","cruise_speed_mph":127,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-06-15","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2072821","mode_s_code":"50714520","mode_s_hex":"A39950","model":"A185F","n_number":"N3308S","name":"SUTTON AIRCRAFT SALVAGE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Trapper Creek","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-05-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC25LA057","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper flare while landing on glassy water, which resulted in a hard landing.","registration":"N3308S","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 21, 2025 at Trapper Creek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Skwentna","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-10-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC06CA008","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in an encounter with a hidden obstruction, and an on-ground collision with trees while taxiing to takeoff.  Factors associated with the accident were trees and a hidden obstruction.","registration":"N3308S","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 24, 2005 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3308S is a Cessna A185F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 15, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 27, 1973.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 15, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated August 27, 1973, consistent with the 1973 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18502267 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3308S 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 N3308S: Accident on May 21, 2025 at Trapper Creek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 24, 2005 at Skwentna, AK: 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":6,"serial_number":"18502267","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"13500 E JENSEN AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00952103","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3308S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1973,"zip":"996459430"}