{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"2019-03-14","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1999-08-24","city":"TOL","country_code":"US","county_code":"240","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":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101828","mode_s_code":"52746030","mode_s_hex":"ABCC18","model":"PA-18-150","n_number":"N8597D","name":"RWR AIR INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Tok","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-08-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC06CA115","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree.  A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.","registration":"N8597D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 16, 2006 at Tok, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Paxson","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-08-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC04LA096","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a collision with a rock and subsequent main landing gear collapse during the landing roll.  A factor contributing to the accident was rough, uneven terrain.","registration":"N8597D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 26, 2004 at Paxson, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Eagle","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-09-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC03CA110","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, and his excessive use of the airplane's brakes during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over.  A factor associated with the accident was rough and uneven terrain.","registration":"N8597D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 7, 2003 at Eagle, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"TOK","damage":"SUBS","date":"1994-09-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC94LA129","probable_cause":"THE WORN CAM SHAFT LOBE AND WORN VALVE LIFTER.","registration":"N8597D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 2, 1994 at Tok, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FAIRBANKS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-06-12","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ANC86LA072","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8597D","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 12, 1986 at Fairbanks, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8597D is a Piper PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Rwr Air INC, a corporation in Tol, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 1999 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated March 14, 2019.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rwr Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 24, 1999, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 14, 2019, 62 years after the 1957 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 18-6248 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8597D 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":"5 NTSB records under N8597D: Accident on August 16, 2006 at Tok, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 26, 2004 at Paxson, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 7, 2003 at Eagle, 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-6248","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 707","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00312571","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8597D","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1957,"zip":"99780"}