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A Pilatus PC-12, the same model family as N434TW
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N434TW

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesConnecticut

N434TW is a Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2023. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Tw Leasing LLC, an LLC in Oxford, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 22, 2023.

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Tradewind Aviation, LLC, so it can be flown for hire; the registered owner is someone else, which is usual for a managed aircraft.

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Aircraft

Maker
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
Model
PC-12/47E · all PC-12/47Es and related versions
Built of
aluminium with composite parts
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Aluminium airframe; composite control surfaces and fairings. This is how the Pilatus PC-12 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
2250
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 PT6E-67XP · 1200 hp
Seats
11
Year built
2023
Transponder code
A533B8 (octal 51231670)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 12, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 12, 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 · March 22, 2023
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01397971

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tw Leasing LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3 Juliano Dr
Oxford, CT 06478-1043
Charter N434TW with Tradewind Aviation, LLC:

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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

2010-09-16Piper PA-34-220T · exported to Venezuela · Valid registration

Connections how N434TW links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N434TW, 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 Tw Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 12, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated March 22, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2250 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N434TW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-220T (serial 34-8233040, cancelled September 16, 2010). 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 N434TW: Accident on September 13, 2006 at Dayton, OH: 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

CHI06CA265Accident on September 13, 2006 at Dayton, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 34-8233040

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-34-220T · operated under 091

The pilot's inadvertent wheels up landing.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data