# N997: Waco 9

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Waco 9](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-9) (registry code 9600102, 3 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS ATC-11](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/ATC-11) (The Waco Aircraft Company) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 288
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Certificate issued: February 14, 1992
- Expires: January 31, 2030
- Mode S code: ADECA3
- Registered owner: [Morozowsky Anthony M II](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOROZOWSKY%20ANTHONY%20M%20II)
- Location: [Zanesville, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Zanesville)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 39.9640° N, 81.9957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 43701, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=997
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N997

From the FAA registry file of October 22, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Waco 9)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N997.

## NTSB investigations on N997 not matched to an aircraft (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN85FTM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85FTM03), Jun 23, 1985: Killian Briegleb BG-12B (N997), Heber City, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N997.

## Reports on N997 not matched to an aircraft (2)

They name N997, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19850622026969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850622026969A), Jun 22, 1985: Amtr BG12B (N997), Heber City, UT, Destroyed. Aircraft pitched nose down on final and impacted ground. No control system malfunction. Possible suicide.
- [Incident 19800920069689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800920069689I), Sep 20, 1980: Boeing 727 (N997), Chicago, IL. Flight returned when gear would not retract. Found ruptured hydraulic line.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (5)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (Waco 9)

- [STC SA04652CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA04652CH): To allow use of 100R grade aviation fuel meeting Swift Fuel, LLC specification. Swift Fuels LLC
- [STC SA01967WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01967WI): Use of GAMI G100UL High Octane Unleaded Avgas. General Aviation Modifications Inc
- [STC SA02268CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA02268CH): Installation of Airwolf Filter Corp. Air Oil Separator. Airwolf Filter Corporation
- [STC SA01406NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA01406NY): Installation of Airwolf remote mounted engine oil filter kit AFC-K017 on single and multi-engine fixed light aircraft and rotary wing. Airwolf Filter Corporation
- [STC SA02033AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA02033AT): Modification to install an air-oil separator to prevent oil from being aspirated from the engine breather line. M-20 Oil Separators LLC

## Earlier aircraft with N997

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N997 before.

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N997-undated): Killeen BG-12-B, S/N 0569. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Waco 9 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-9/aircraft.md

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