{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1978-08-03","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Aerial advertising","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-02-26","city":"KENAI","country_code":"US","county_code":"122","cruise_speed_mph":82,"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":"2032-02-29","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-02-26","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101202","mode_s_code":"53324340","mode_s_hex":"ADA8E0","model":"PA-12","n_number":"N98AW","name":"BREWER DUNCAN J","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Tea","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-08-16","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN09LA523","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during recovery from an aerobatic maneuver.","registration":"N98AW","state":"SD","summary":"Accident on August 16, 2009 at Tea, SD: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HILO","damage":"DEST","date":"1997-05-18","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX97LA185","probable_cause":"the noninstrument-rated pilot flew into instrument conditions and failed to maintain adequate terrain clearance, while attempting to descend through an overcast.  The adverse weather conditions and mountainous terrain were related factors.","registration":"N98AW","state":"HI","summary":"Accident on May 18, 1997 at Hilo, HI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N98AW is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kenai, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial advertising, dated August 3, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Brewer Duncan J, an individual, certificate issued February 26, 2025, expires February 29, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; aerial advertising; 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 12-2250 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N98AW was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T (serial 0332, cancelled May 9, 2018); From Here To There Pdq Inc RV-8 (serial 80270, cancelled October 26, 2009); Bell 206B (serial 3214, cancelled January 7, 1998). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 N98AW: Accident on August 16, 2009 at Tea, SD: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Accident on May 18, 1997 at Hilo, HI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":3,"serial_number":"12-2250","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"526 ASH AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00382393","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N98AW","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"996117562"}