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N518AR

Textron Aviation Inc 680A

Valid (manufacturer) Kansas

N518AR is a Textron Aviation Inc 680A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Textron Aviation INC, a corporation in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 2 documents are on file: loan or lien (security agreement), bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Textron Aviation Inc
Model
680A · all 680As and related versions
Serial number
680A0489
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors
Seats
10
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A67F37 (octal 51477467)

Registration

Status
Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
July 20, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01568710

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Textron Aviation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
1 Cessna Blvd
Wichita, KS 67215-1400

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 2

2026-09-04Loan or lien (security agreement)
2026-09-04Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

2026-07-17Textron Aviation Inc 560XL · exported to Serbia · Valid registration

Records check free · 4 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N518AR, 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 Textron Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 680A0489 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N518AR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Textron Aviation Inc 560XL (serial 560-6281, cancelled July 17, 2026). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 4, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N518AR: Accident on October 13, 2016 at Pawtucket, RI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

ERA17LA014Accident on October 13, 2016 at Pawtucket, RI: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 525B0412

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 525 · operated under 091

The flight crew's failure to maintain an appropriate approach speed and obtain an appropriate touchdown point on the runway, which resulted in a runway overrun.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA17LA014 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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