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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N4AZ

Mcdonnell Douglas 220

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N4AZ is a Mcdonnell Douglas 220, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines. It has 12 seats. It is registered to City of El Paso Texas, a government body in El Paso, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for to show compliance with regulations, dated March 17, 1986.

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Aircraft

Maker
Mcdonnell Douglas
Model
220
Serial number
1
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 4 motors · Westinghse J34WE & J30D · 3,400 lb thrust
Seats
12
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
675 mph
Transponder code
A4A807 (octal 51124007)

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 16, 2026
Expires
May 31, 2033
Last FAA action
May 16, 2026
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · To show compliance with regulationsFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 17, 1986
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00121712

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
City of El Paso Texas
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
6701 Convair Rd
El Paso, TX 79925-1099

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Documents on file 0

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

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The public federal record on N4AZ, 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 City of El Paso Texas, a government body, certificate issued May 16, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for to show compliance with regulations; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4AZ 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 N4AZ. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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

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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