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A Ryan NAVION A, the same model family as N4964K
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N4964K

Ryan NAVION A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho
Records check, free: 0 to understand, 4 clearWhere is it now

N4964K is a Ryan NAVION A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Meridian, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 26, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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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-4-1964
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 E225 SERIES · 225 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
5
Year built
1949
Cruising speed
126 mph
Transponder code
A62950 (octal 51424520)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 26, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 26, 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
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00830705

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Button Benjamin
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
2963 e Darcy Dr
Meridian, ID 83642-8427

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N4964K links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Meridian, ID 150 aircraft registered in this town
  • Idaho 4,199 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N4964K, 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 Button Benjamin, an individual, certificate issued October 26, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial NAV-4-1964 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4964K 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 N4964K. 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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data