Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER D
N229CK is a Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER D, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines, built in 1970. It has 14 seats. It is registered to Kalitta Charters LLC, an LLC in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 11, 2003 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated August 4, 1972.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Kalitta Charters LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dassault/Sud
- Model
- FAN JET FALCON SER D
- Serial number
- 229
- 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
- TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Ge CF700 SERIES · 4,200 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 14
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 337 mph
- Transponder code
- A202AC (octal 50401254)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 11, 2003
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- March 11, 2024
- 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 · August 4, 1972
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00731820
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kalitta Charters 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
- 2820 Tyler Rd
Ypsilanti, MI 48198-6184
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N229CK links to the rest of the register
- Dassault/Sud 45 aircraft on the register
- Kalitta Charters LLC · charter operator
- General Electric CF700 series 27 aircraft with this engine series · 4,200 lb thrust
- Kalitta Charters LLC 51 aircraft in the fleet
- Ypsilanti, MI 138 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF700 series 12 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF700 series 235 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Cowl Door, inflt separation · 2025-04-15
- Report filed on this aircraft: Terminal, shorted · 2023-12-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Frame, cracked · 2019-04-08
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The public federal record on N229CK, 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 Kalitta Charters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 11, 2003, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated August 4, 1972, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 229 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N229CK according to the deregistered file. [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 N229CK: Accident on April 15, 2025 at Mount Airy, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on November 22, 2022 at Toluca, Mex: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER D · operated under 091
On April 15, 2025, about 0800 eastern daylight time, a Dassault/Sud Fan Jet Falcon Series D, N229CK, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Mount Airy, Maryland. The airline transport pilot and commercial copilot were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. The operator reported that during the descent toward the destination area, the flightcrew heard a loud “bang,” which was followed by a vibration, and they decided to divert to the nearest suitable airport, Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepard Fi…
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER D · operated under UNK
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data