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A Ryan NAVION A, the same model family as N4591K
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N4591K

Ryan NAVION A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington

N4591K is a Ryan NAVION A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Everett, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 1999 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility; normal, dated July 30, 2003.

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Aircraft

Maker
Ryan
Model
NAVION A · all NAVION As 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 Ryan NAVION A 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
NAV-4-1591
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 · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1948
Cruising speed
126 mph
Transponder code
A59610 (octal 51313020)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 3, 1999
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 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 · Utility; NormalFAA certificate purpose code UN (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 30, 2003
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00656012

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Desmon David L
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1405 Madrona Ave
Everett, WA 98203-1727

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N4591K links to the rest of the register

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Engine
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N4591K, 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 Desmon David L, an individual, certificate issued November 3, 1999, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 30, 2003, 55 years after the 1948 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial NAV-4-1591 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4591K 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 N4591K. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data