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N148Z

Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA

Valid Idaho

N148Z is a Short Bros SD3-60 SHERPA, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1998. It has 39 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated April 5, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Short Bros
Model
SD3-60 SHERPA
Serial number
SH3428
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turboprop, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-65AR · 1424 hp
Seats
39
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A0C2A7 (octal 50141247)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 20, 2014
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · April 5, 2018
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00797051

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Usda Forest Service
Type
Government
Address
3833 S Development Ave
Boise, ID 83705-5354
Co-owners
Fire And Aviation

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1979-08-17Douglas SUPER DC-3 · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data