N3168M1947 Piper PA-12
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Fairbanks, AK
- Certificate issued
- Jul 30, 2014
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Forest
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 17, 1998
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12
- Year
- 1947
- Serial number
- 12-1847
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 3
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A36097
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-235 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 115 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2014 – nowIndividual ownerFairbanks, AK · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Flight controls · pulley · wornFeb 1, 2000
FOUND TRIM PULLEY AND SHAFT HAD WORN EXCESSIVELY INTO BRACKETS. WELDED TO AIRCRAFT (THIS IS TRIM CRANK IN COCKPIT) CAUSED TRIM TO BIND UP.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Equipment and furnishings · elt · failedMar 7, 1997
ELT DID NOT FUNCTION DURING 100-HOUR CHECK. DECELERATION CHECK PER MANUAL; ALSO, HAD LOOSE SCREW INSIDE SEALED ELT ELECTRONIC HEAD WHICH WAS REPAIRED BY THE MFG.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Equipment and furnishings · battery · crackedJun 14, 1995
ELT BATTERY ARTEX WAS FOUND CRACKED ON LOWER SIDE UPON DISASSEMBLY OF ELT. BATTERY EXPIRATION DATE IS JANUARY '96. ELT EXHIBITED CORROSION DAMAGE TO LOWER CIRCUIT BOARD AND WAS INOPERATIVE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026