Fairchild SA227-AC
N320MC is a Fairchild SA227-AC, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1987. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Mcneely Charter Service INC, a corporation in West Memphis, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2013 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 17, 2013.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of McNeely Charter Service, Inc., so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 2:16 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Fairchild
- Model
- SA227-AC · all SA227-ACs 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 Fairchild SA227 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
- AC688
- 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 · Garrett TPE331-11U · 1000 hp
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1987
- Transponder code
- A36F66 (octal 50667546)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 7, 2013
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 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 · April 17, 2013
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00953971
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcneely Charter Service 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
- 737 S Airport Rd Hngr 3
West Memphis, AR 72301-3895
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.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N320MC links to the rest of the register
- Fairchild SA227 86 registered
- Fairchild 616 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- McNeely Charter Service, Inc. · charter operator
- Garrett (Honeywell) TPE331-11U 12 aircraft with this engine series · 1000 hp
- Mcneely Charter Service INC 8 aircraft in the fleet
- West Memphis, AR 20 aircraft registered in this town
- West Memphis Municipal · AWM
- Arkansas 3,496 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Fairchild SA227 37 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Fairchild SA227 533 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Fairchild SA227 141 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Garrett (Honeywell) TPE331-11U 625 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bearing, spalled · 2025-10-07
- Report filed on this aircraft: Oil System, low · 2015-01-27
- Where N320MC is now · Last seen yesterday at 2:16 pm.
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The public federal record on N320MC, 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 Mcneely Charter Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 7, 2013, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 17, 2013, 26 years after the 1987 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AC688 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N320MC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hardin M C LANCAIR 320 (serial 444-FB-24, cancelled January 23, 2007); Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320 HANSA (serial 1034, cancelled February 9, 1981). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N320MC: Accident on September 3, 2004 at Chewelah, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 5, 1991 at Fall River Mill, CA: no injuries, destroyed. 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hardin Lancair 320 · operated under 091
Fuel exhaustion as a result of a fuel leak from an undetermined location resulting in a loss of engine power during approach for landing and subsequent forced landing. Soft terrain was a factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lancair 320 · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS AND TO RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE WIND CONDITIONS AND TURBULENCE AT THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data