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A Cessna 510 Citation Mustang, the same model family as N178SF
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N178SF

Cessna 510

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N178SF is a Cessna 510, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2008. It has 7 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Los Angeles, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 23, 2008.

Where is it now Last seen October 13 at 3:57 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
510 · all 510s 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 Cessna 510 Citation Mustang 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
510-0128
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 PW615F · 1,460 lb thrust
Seats
7
Year built
2008
Transponder code
A1387B (octal 50234173)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 29, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 29, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 23, 2008
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01016301

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wings Jet Flight Training LLC
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
149 S Barrington Ave # 117
Los Angeles, CA 90049-3310
Co-owners
E&J Logistics LLC / Elk Run Ranch LLC / Golf Sierra LLC

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N178SF links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Live

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N178SF, 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 Wings Jet Flight Training LLC, a co-owned, certificate issued April 29, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated October 23, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 510-0128 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N178SF 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N178SF. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data