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A Cessna 208 Caravan, the same model family as N404SF
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N404SF

Cessna 208

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesU.S. Virgin Islands

N404SF is a Cessna 208, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2007. It has 10 seats. It is registered to City Wings INC, a corporation in St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 2013 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 25, 2007.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
208 · all 208s 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 208 Caravan 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
20800404
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
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-114A · 675 hp
Seats
10
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A4BD13 (octal 51136423)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 31, 2013
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 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 · January 25, 2007
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00267339

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
City Wings 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
8248 Plantation Manor #61
St Thomas, VI 00802

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N404SF links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N404SF, 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 City Wings INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 31, 2013, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated January 25, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20800404 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N404SF 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N404SF. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data