Cessna 421C
N146TJ is a Cessna 421C, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Birdboys2 Aviation LLC, an LLC in Boerne, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 15, 1990.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 421C · all 421Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 421C0500
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Cont Motor GTSIO-520 SER · 435 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 90 mph
- Transponder code
- A0BAAC (octal 50135254)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 12, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 15, 1990
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00625011
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Birdboys2 Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 410 E Hosack St
Boerne, TX 78006-2733
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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 N146TJ, 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.
Valid registration to Birdboys2 Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 12, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 15, 1990, 12 years after the 1978 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 421C0500 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N146TJ according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N146TJ: Accident on December 8, 2023 at Mcgregor, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 421C · operated under 091
The failure of the spring pin in the right propeller governor, which precluded the pilot from controlling the propeller pitch to maintain engine rpm, resulting in a loss of engine thrust, excessive drag, and the subsequent forced landing to a field.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data