Cessna 650
N163JM is a Cessna 650, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1988. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC, a corporation in Gainesville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 17, 1988.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 650 · all 650s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna 650 Citation III, VI and VII 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
- 650-0163
- 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 · Garrett TFE731 SERIES · 3,500 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1988
- Transponder code
- A0FDA7 (octal 50176647)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 27, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 9, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 17, 1988
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00864271
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC
- 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
- 10905 SW 27Th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-8937
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N163JM links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 650 Citation III, VI and VII 201 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Garrett (Honeywell) TFE731 series 694 aircraft with this engine series · 3,500 lb thrust
- Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to September 10, 2027
- Gainesville, FL 155 aircraft registered in this town
- Gainesville Regional · GNV
- Florida 21,717 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 650 Citation III, VI and VII 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 650 Citation III, VI and VII 491 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 650 Citation III, VI and VII 139 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N163JM, 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 Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 27, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated November 17, 1988, consistent with the 1988 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 650-0163 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N163JM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mitchell John C LITTLE TOOT (serial 01, cancelled September 17, 1992). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N163JM: Accident on August 7, 1992 at Franklin, PA: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: John Mitchell MYERS SPECIAL · operated under 091
THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY PORPOISED THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data