Cessna U206G
N4596U is a Cessna U206G, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboshaft engines, built in 1979. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Rustair INC, a corporation in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 9, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated May 4, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- U206G · all U206Gs and related versions
- Serial number
- U20604990
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 132 mph
- Transponder code
- A596C8 (octal 51313310)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 9, 2011
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Other · May 4, 1993
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00023044
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rustair INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 190867
Anchorage, AK 99519-0867
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4596U, 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 Rustair INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 9, 2011, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 4, 1993, 14 years after the 1979 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial U20604990 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4596U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150D (serial 15060596, cancelled May 25, 1964). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
3 NTSB records under N4596U: Accident on May 23, 2016 at Chinita Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 30, 2010 at Iliamna, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 1995 at Skwentna, 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna U206G · operated under 135
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi, resulting in a tail strike and aft fuselage substantial damage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA272 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna U206G · operated under 135
The total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to a fractured crankshaft.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC10LA056 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 206G · operated under 135
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE AIRCRAFT (PROLONGED YAWING MANEUVER DURING STEP TAXI TURN), WHICH RESULTED IN UNCOVERING OF THE FUEL TANK OUTLETS AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL STARVATION DURING TAKEOFF.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC95LA126 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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