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A Beechcraft 1900 Airliner, the same model family as N253GL
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N253GL

Raytheon Aircraft Company 1900D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesUtah

N253GL is a Raytheon Aircraft Company 1900D, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1996. It has 19 seats. It is registered to Alpine Aviation INC, a corporation in Provo, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for commuter, dated November 23, 1996.

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Aircraft

Maker
Raytheon Aircraft Company
Model
1900D · all 1900Ds 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 Beechcraft 1900 Airliner 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
UE-253
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
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · P&W PT6A SER · 750 hp
Seats
19
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A26344 (octal 50461504)

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 25, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 25, 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 · CommuterFAA certificate purpose code C (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 23, 1996
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00366111

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Alpine Aviation INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1177 Alpine Air Way
Provo, UT 84601-8270

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.

Connections how N253GL links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Alpine Aviation INC 77 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 9, 2027
Place
  • Provo, UT 145 aircraft registered in this town
  • Provo Municipal · PVU
  • Utah 8,355 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N253GL, 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 Alpine Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 25, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for commuter, dated November 23, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial UE-253 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N253GL according to the deregistered file. [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

2 NTSB records under N253GL: Accident on June 20, 2007 at Laramie, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on November 23, 2005 at Telluride, CO: 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 2

DEN07LA101Accident on June 20, 2007 at Laramie, WY: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: UE253

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 1900D · operated under 121

The pilot's improper decision, his misjudgment of his speed and distance, and his failure to perform a go-around resulting in the airplane overrunning the runway and striking an electrical box. Factors contributing to the accident were the failure of the crew to perform proper crew resource management, the first officer's failure to intervene before the accident occurred, and the electrical box.

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DEN06IA019Incident on November 23, 2005 at Telluride, CO: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: UE253

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 1900D · operated under 121

The tug driver's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the airplane resulting in the baggage cart striking the airplane's stabilon. A factor contributing to the incident was the tug driver's failure to consider the extra height of the cart in relation to the other carts used on the airport.

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 October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data