Cessna 501
N212M is a Cessna 501, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1977. It has 8 seats. It is registered to N212M LLC, an LLC in Senatobia, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 30, 1977.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 501 · all 501s 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 501 Citation I/SP 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
- 501-0280
- 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 Canada JT15D-1 · 2,200 lb thrust
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1977
- Transponder code
- A1C203 (octal 50341003)
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 9, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 9, 2023
- 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 30, 1977
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00585860
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N212M LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2505 Homeplace Rd
Senatobia, MS 38668-8204
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N212M links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 501 Citation I/SP 189 registered
- Cessna 72,683 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 159 aircraft with this engine series · 2,200 lb thrust
- N212M LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Senatobia, MS 8 aircraft registered in this town
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 501 Citation I/SP 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 501 Citation I/SP 68 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 501 Citation I/SP 89 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 5 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N212M, 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 N212M LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 9, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated November 30, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 501-0280 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N212M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech K35 (serial D5874, cancelled July 15, 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]
2 NTSB records under N212M: Accident on December 8, 2012 at Detroit Lakes, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 14, 1992 at Sula, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 501 · operated under 091
A loss of airplane control due to an undetermined avionics malfunction and the pilots’ inattention, which resulted in excessive airframe forces during the unusual attitude recovery. The reason for the avionics malfunction could not be determined because postaccident testing did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech K35 · operated under 091
POOR INFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION. FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DELAYED REMEDIAL ACTION, A WHITE OUT WEATHER CONDITION AND INADEQUATE CLEARANCE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data