{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1956-10-11","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-09-14","city":"FAIRBANKS","country_code":"US","county_code":"122","cruise_speed_mph":82,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41505","engine_horsepower":115,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-235 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101202","mode_s_code":"51110507","mode_s_hex":"A49147","model":"PA-12","n_number":"N3937M","name":"DOWNS DOUGLAS","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Arctic Village","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-08-11","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ANC22FA066","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s decision to depart in turbulent and gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.","registration":"N3937M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 11, 2022 at Arctic Village, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Nulato","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-06-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA18CA320","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing on upsloping terrain, and his subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane\u2019s critical angle of attack during an attempted go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.","registration":"N3937M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 2, 2018 at Nulato, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"DOWNS CAROLINE","plain_english":"N3937M is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 14, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 11, 1956.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Downs Douglas, a co-owned, certificate issued September 14, 2016, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate; 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 12-2825 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3937M 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 N3937M: Accident on August 11, 2022 at Arctic Village, AK: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on June 2, 2018 at Nulato, 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":"Co-owned","registrant_type_code":"4","seats":3,"serial_number":"12-2825","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 10311","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00752695","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3937M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"997100311"}