Cessna 525A
N288G is a Cessna 525A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2001. It has 8 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2026 and expires on November 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 31, 2001. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).
Where is it now Last seen Monday at 4:38 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 525A · all 525As 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 525 CitationJet (CJ series) 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
- 525A-0035
- 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 · Williams FJ 44 SERIES · 1,900 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A2EC49 (octal 50566111)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2026
- Expires
- November 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- November 6, 2026
- 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 · July 31, 2001
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00173864
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- 4M Aviation 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
- 4600 Cardona Ct
Fort Worth, TX 76126-1906 - Co-owners
- Khw Aviation II 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 1
Connections how N288G links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 525 CitationJet (CJ series) 1,972 registered
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Williams International FJ 44 series 551 aircraft with this engine series · 1,900 lb thrust
- Fort Worth, TX 1,893 aircraft registered in this town
- Fort Worth Meacham International · FTW
- Fort Worth Spinks Airport · FWS
- Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport · AFW
- Bourland Field · 50F
- 3 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 525 CitationJet (CJ series) 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 525 CitationJet (CJ series) 921 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 525 CitationJet (CJ series) 111 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Williams International FJ 44 series 168 reports since 1995
- Where N288G is now · Last seen Monday at 4:38 pm.
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The public federal record on N288G, 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 4M Aviation LLC, a co-owned, certificate issued November 6, 2026, expires November 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 31, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 525A-0035 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N288G according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (July 21, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N288G: Accident on February 8, 2002 at Novato, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 525A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point and his failure to retract the flaps and spoilers during an attempted landing abort, which resulted in a landing overrun. Also causal was the pilot's decision to attempt a landing in wind conditions that exceeded the landing performance capability of the airplane for the runway selected.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data