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N97978

Stinson 108-2

Valid Alaska

N97978 is a Stinson 108-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in North Pole, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 5, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Stinson
Model
108-2
Serial number
108-978
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C · 190 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
ADA882 (octal 53324202)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 16, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · June 5, 1957
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00663830

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dawley Lyle M
Type
Individual
Address
2157 Voyager St
North Pole, AK 99705-7562

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.

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