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N234AD

Textron Aviation Inc T240

N234AD is a Textron Aviation Inc T240, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Radar Ventures LLC, an LLC in Truckee, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated October 19, 2015.

Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
T240 · all T240s and related versions
Serial number
T24002073
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor TSIO-550-C · 310 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2015
Transponder code
A21760 (octal 50413540)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 24, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 24, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Utility · October 19, 2015
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01193491

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Radar Ventures LLC
Type
LLC
Address
PO Box 837
Truckee, CA 96160-0837

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

—Smith AEROSTAR 601P · Administratively canceled

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N234AD, 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 Radar Ventures LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 24, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated October 19, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T24002073 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N234AD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (serial 61P0418151, cancelled date not given). 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 N234AD: Accident on January 5, 1984 at Salt Lake City, UT: minor injuries, substantial 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

DEN84LA062Accident on January 5, 1984 at Salt Lake City, UT: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 61P-0418-151

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper AEROSTAR 601P · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN84LA062 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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