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N226SW, a Textron Aviation Inc 560XL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026
N226SW

Textron Aviation Inc 560XL

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesVirginia

N226SW is a Textron Aviation Inc 560XL, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2021. It has 13 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Bristol, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 26, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 29, 2021.

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Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
560XL · all 560XLs 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 560 Citation V, Ultra, Encore and Excel 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
560-6306
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 PW545C · 4,119 lb thrust
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
13
Year built
2021
Transponder code
A1F8F0 (octal 50374360)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 26, 2021
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 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 · July 29, 2021
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01344636

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nicklaus 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
400 Commonwealth Ave
Bristol, VA 24201-3820
Co-owners
Air Spike LLC / Jet Aviation LLC / At Aviation LLC

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

2011-03-09Embraer EMB-120ER · exported to South Africa · Valid registration

Connections how N226SW links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Bristol, VA 17 aircraft registered in this town
  • Virginia 5,973 aircraft registered
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N226SW.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N226SW, 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 Nicklaus LLC, a co-owned, certificate issued October 26, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated July 29, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 560-6306 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N226SW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Embraer EMB-120ER (serial 120.296, cancelled March 9, 2011). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N226SW: Incident on February 16, 2010 at Los Angeles, CA: no injuries, minor damage. 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

WPR10IA135Incident on February 16, 2010 at Los Angeles, CA: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 120.296

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Embraer EMB-120ER · operated under 121

The flight crew’s failure to maintain clearance from the jet bridge during taxi. Contributing to the incident was the ramp marshaller's diverted attention and failure to signal the flight crew to stop at the correct position.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data