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N340CS, a Textron Aviation Inc T206H
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N340CS

Textron Aviation Inc T206H

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas

N340CS is a Textron Aviation Inc T206H, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Textron Aviation INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 25, 2026.

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Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
T206H · all T206Hs 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 Cessna T206 Turbo Stationair 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
T20609840
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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, 1 motor · Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A · 310 hp
Seats
6
Year built
2026
Transponder code
A3BD91 (octal 50736621)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 1, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 1, 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 · March 25, 2026
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01529420

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Textron 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
One Cessna Blvd
Wichita, KS 67215

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2017-07-21Cessna 340 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Connections how N340CS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Textron Aviation INC 335 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to June 21, 2027
Place

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N340CS.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N340CS, 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 Textron Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 1, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated March 25, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T20609840 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N340CS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 340 (serial 340-0528, cancelled July 21, 2017). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N340CS: Accident on January 8, 2005 at Carefree, AZ: no injuries, substantial 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 1

LAX05LA063Accident on January 8, 2005 at Carefree, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 340-0528

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 340 · operated under 091

the pilot's improper use of the throttles during an aborted landing attempt that resulted in an engine over-boost condition requiring a reduction in power that then resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a ditch.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data