Learjet Inc 60
N16CS is a Learjet Inc 60, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1997. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation in Rantoul, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 30, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Learjet Inc
- Model
- 60 · all 60s 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 Learjet 60 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
- 098
- 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 · P & W PW300 SER · 5,200 lb thrust
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A0EF98 (octal 50167630)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 31, 2025
- Expires
- December 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- December 31, 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 · January 30, 1997
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00396371
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dodson International Parts 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
- 2155 Vermont Rd
Rantoul, KS 66079-9014
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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 3
Connections how N16CS links to the rest of the register
- Learjet 60 239 registered
- Learjet Inc 846 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney PW300 series 80 aircraft with this engine series · 5,200 lb thrust
- Dodson International Parts INC 316 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 5, 2027
- Rantoul, KS 329 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Learjet 60 22 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Learjet 60 792 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Learjet 60 130 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N16CS, 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 Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 31, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated January 30, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 098 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16CS was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Smith Robert David ACROSPORT I (serial RDS-1, cancelled June 7, 2006); Zimmerman Michael H VARIEZE (serial 2078, cancelled December 13, 1993); Piper PA-31-325 (serial 317812071, cancelled date not given). 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 N16CS: Accident on March 2, 1990 at Brooksville, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zimmerman VARIEZE · operated under 091
LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data