Cessna 208B
N454SF is a Cessna 208B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1999. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Pa1 208B-0797 LLC, an LLC in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 17, 1999.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Grant Aviation INC, 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
- Cessna
- Model
- 208B · all 208Bs 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 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
- 208B-0797
- 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 PT6A SER · 750 hp
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A5828E (octal 51301216)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 12, 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 · December 17, 1999
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00996032
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pa1 208B-0797 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
- 101 NE 3Rd Ave Ste 1500
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1181
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.
Connections how N454SF links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 208 Caravan 1,017 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Grant Aviation INC · charter operator
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A series 2,217 aircraft with this engine series · 750 hp
- Pa1 208B-0797 LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Fort Lauderdale, FL 609 aircraft registered in this town
- Fort Lauderdale Executive · FXE
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International · FLL
- Downtown Fort Lauderdale Heliport · DT1
- Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 208 Caravan 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 208 Caravan 1,908 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 208 Caravan 271 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney PT6A series 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney PT6A series 8,208 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bellcrank, failed · 2003-09-04
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The public federal record on N454SF, 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 Pa1 208B-0797 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 12, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 17, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 208B-0797 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N454SF according to the deregistered file. [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]
4 NTSB records under N454SF: Accident on February 5, 2020 at Hooper Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 15, 2008 at Bethel, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 13, 2005 at Newtok, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
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NTSB records 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208 · operated under 135
The pilot’s decision to depart from a contaminated runway, and his failure to make a timely decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not accelerating as expected. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to depart in limited visibility conditions, which likely affected his ability to determine the available runway distance remaining during the takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208B · operated under 135
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Contributing to the accident were snow-covered terrain, blowing snow and flat lighting conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208B · operated under 135
The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane exiting the runway, encountering snow, and the nose gear collapsing. Factors associated with the accident were the gusting wind and the icy runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208B · operated under 135
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors associated with the accident are snow drifts across the runway, and excessive braking during the rearward roll.
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