Cessna 310R
N252DL is a Cessna 310R, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Plac Holdings LLC, an LLC in Paradise, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 28, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 310R · all 310Rs 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 310 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
- 310R0242
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1975
- Transponder code
- A25F42 (octal 50457502)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 2, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 28, 1975
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00091375
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Plac Holdings 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
- 514 School House Rd
Paradise, TX 76073-2622
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N252DL links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 310 1,410 registered
- Cessna 72,678 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental IO-520 series 9,483 aircraft with this engine series · 285 hp
- Type certificate 3A10 · held by Textron Aviation INC
- Plac Holdings LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Paradise, TX 12 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,986 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 310 35 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 310 972 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 310 292 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-520 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-520 series 465 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N252DL, 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 Plac Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 2, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 28, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 310R0242 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N252DL 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]
1 NTSB record under N252DL: Accident on January 14, 2024 at Poolville, TX: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 310R · operated under 091
Pilot incapacitation for undetermined reasons which resulted into controlled descent into terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data