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N3986

Smith Miniplane DSA-1

Valid Ohio

N3986 is a Smith Miniplane DSA-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Centerville, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 30, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Smith Miniplane
Model
DSA-1
Serial number
OBT-1
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
86 mph
Transponder code
A4A3AB (octal 51121653)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 23, 2019
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · July 30, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00530814

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Harter James A
Type
Individual
Address
5012 Rhine Way
Centerville, OH 45458-3014

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

1948-03-15Waco 10 · Valid registration

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