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N291SW, a Embraer EMB-120ER
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026
N291SW

Embraer EMB-120ER

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWisconsin

N291SW is an Embraer EMB-120ER, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1996. It has 32 seats. It is registered to Freight Runners Express INC, a corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 7, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 25, 1996.

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Aircraft

Maker
Embraer
Model
EMB-120ER · all EMB-120ERs 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 Embraer EMB-120 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
120.318
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 Canada PW118 · 1800 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
32
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A2FAD6 (octal 50575326)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 7, 2021
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 25, 1996
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00206091

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Freight Runners Express 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
6024 S Jasper Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53207-6205

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Documents on file 0

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

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The public federal record on N291SW, 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 Freight Runners Express INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 7, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated July 25, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 120.318 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N291SW 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

1 NTSB record under N291SW: Incident on November 30, 1996 at Los Angeles, CA: minor injuries. 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

LAX97IA056Incident on November 30, 1996 at Los Angeles, CA: minor injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Embraer EMB-120ER · operated under 135

a laser light source of unknown origin, directed toward the aircraft, as it was approaching to land.

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 November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data