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A Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 and 350, the same model family as N120JB
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N120JB

Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

N120JB is a Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2026. It has 8 seats. It is registered to , a non-citizen corporation. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 13, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 15, 2026.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bombardier Inc
Model
BD-100-1A10 · all BD-100-1A10s and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. This is how the Bombardier BD-100 Challenger 300 and 350 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
21121
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
TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Honeywell AS907-2-1A · 7,530 lb thrust
Seats
8
Year built
2026
Transponder code
A0547C (octal 50052174)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 13, 2026
Expires
July 31, 2033
Last FAA action
July 13, 2026
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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 15, 2026
FAA region
—
FAA record id
01553922

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address

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

2017-07-12Piper PA-31-325 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Connections how N120JB links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Honeywell AS907-2-1A 445 aircraft with this engine series · 7,530 lb thrust
  • Type certificate T00005NY · held by Bombardier INC
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The public federal record on N120JB, 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 an owner whose details are withheld, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued July 13, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated July 15, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21121 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N120JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-325 (serial 31-7612050, cancelled July 12, 2017). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N120JB: Accident on December 14, 2000 at Belvidere, NC: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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

NTSB records 1

MIA01FA043Accident on December 14, 2000 at Belvidere, NC: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 31-7612050

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-325 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control due to spatial disorientation while maneuvering in instrument meteorological conditions resulting in the airplane entering a descending turn and crashing into terrain.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data