{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2015-10-30","airworthiness_ops":"Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2005-04-12","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42261","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-360-A2A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-07","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101828","mode_s_code":"51054237","mode_s_hex":"A4589F","model":"PA-18-150","n_number":"N3797Z","name":"MERRINER SCOTT L","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"St Mary's","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-09-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC25LA120","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper decision to takeoff with a tailwind, from a short off-airport strip, which degraded the climb performance of the airplane and led to impact with trees at the end of the strip.","registration":"N3797Z","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 14, 2025 at St Mary'S, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Beluga","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-09-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA17CA569","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inability to maintain pitch control due to an encounter with a tailwind gust after the airplane had stopped, which resulted in a nose-over.","registration":"N3797Z","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 25, 2017 at Beluga, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Anchorage","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-11-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC10CA008","probable_cause":"The pilot's decision to land and attempt to takeoff from an unsuitable off-airport site.","registration":"N3797Z","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on November 14, 2009 at Anchorage, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3797Z is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2005 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated October 30, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Merriner Scott L, an individual, certificate issued April 12, 2005, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for other; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-7492 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3797Z 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":"3 NTSB records under N3797Z: Accident on September 14, 2025 at St Mary'S, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 25, 2017 at Beluga, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 14, 2009 at Anchorage, 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":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-7492","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"10200 HONEY BEAR LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00870184","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3797Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"995166927"}