Beech C90
N501MS is a Beech C90, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1974. It has 9 seats. It is registered to Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation in Rantoul, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 11, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 26, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- C90 · all C90s 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 Beechcraft C90 King Air C90 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
- LJ-626
- 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
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 · 680 hp
- Seats
- 9
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 201 mph
- Transponder code
- A63ECB (octal 51437313)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 11, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 11, 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 · February 26, 1974
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00092664
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dodson International Parts INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2155 Vermont Rd
Rantoul, KS 66079-9014
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
Connections how N501MS links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft C90 King Air C90 607 registered
- Beech 17,448 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27-28 75 aircraft with this engine series · 680 hp
- Dodson International Parts INC 316 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 5, 2027
- Rantoul, KS 329 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft C90 King Air C90 59 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft C90 King Air C90 787 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft C90 King Air C90 386 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N501MS, 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 Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 11, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 26, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial LJ-626 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N501MS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 501 (serial 5010259, cancelled April 25, 1991). 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]
1 NTSB record under N501MS: Accident on April 28, 2025 at Lancaster, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech C90 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of power to both engines.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data