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N418A

Socata TBM 700

Valid Indiana

N418A is a Socata TBM 700, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2004. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Zafl LLC, an LLC in Bloomington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 13, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 9, 2004.

Aircraft

Maker
Socata
Model
TBM 700 · all TBM 700s and related versions
Serial number
292
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-64 · 700 hp
Seats
7
Year built
2004
Transponder code
A4F1D8 (octal 51170730)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 13, 2025
Expires
August 31, 2032
Last FAA action
August 13, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 9, 2004
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00087819

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Zafl LLC
Type
LLC
Address
3616 E Commodore Trl
Bloomington, IN 47408-9101

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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

2002-08-29Sikorsky S-55C · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N418A, 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 Zafl LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 13, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 9, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 292 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N418A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Sikorsky S-55C (serial 55482, cancelled August 29, 2002). 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 N418A: Accident on February 3, 1987 at Kurthwood, LA: serious 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

FTW87DRD03Accident on February 3, 1987 at Kurthwood, LA: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 55482

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky S-55C · operated under 137

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW87DRD03 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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