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A Beechcraft 1900 Airliner, the same model family as N117EM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N117EM

Beech 1900D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N117EM is a Beech 1900D, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines. It has 19 seats. It is registered to Adams Aviation Services INC Trustee, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for commuter, dated September 30, 1994.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
1900D · all 1900Ds and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Beechcraft 1900 Airliner family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
UE-114
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · P&W PT6A SER · 750 hp
Seats
19
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A046A4 (octal 50043244)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 11, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 11, 2025
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · CommuterFAA certificate purpose code C (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 30, 1994
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00944902

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Adams Aviation Services INC Trustee
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
108 W 13Th St Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19801-1145

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Documents on file 0

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

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The public federal record on N117EM, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Adams Aviation Services INC Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued October 11, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for commuter; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial UE-114 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N117EM according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N117EM: Accident on September 5, 2009 at Spicewood, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN09CA581Accident on September 5, 2009 at Spicewood, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 32-8006093

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-301 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data