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N20SF, a Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N20SF

Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N20SF is a Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sanders Aircraft INC, a corporation in Ione, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 13, 1990 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing; exhibition, dated October 27, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Hawker
Model
SEA FURY TMK 20 · all SEA FURY TMK 20s 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 Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20 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
ES-9505
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Ford CONVERSION · 60 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1956
Cruising speed
165 mph
Transponder code
A19140 (octal 50310500)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 13, 1990
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Racing; ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 43 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 27, 2004
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00473312

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sanders Aircraft 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
PO Box 1088
Ione, CA 95640-1088

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N20SF links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Ione, CA 38 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,658 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N20SF, 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 Sanders Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 13, 1990, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 27, 2004, 48 years after the 1956 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial ES-9505 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N20SF 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N20SF: Accident on April 27, 2014 at Richmond, CA: fatal, substantial damage (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

WPR14FA174Accident on April 27, 2014 at Richmond, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hawker SEA FURY TMK 20 · operated under 091

Both pilots’ failure to maintain adequate clearance from each other during cruise flight while in visual contact with each other. Contributing to the accident was the unexpected abrupt maneuver made by the other pilot.

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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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data