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N51SA

Cessna T207A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesUtah

N51SA is a Cessna T207A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Redtail Partners LLC, an LLC in Moab, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 4, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 14, 1981.

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Arrow West Aviation, so it can be flown for hire; the registered owner is someone else, which is usual for a managed aircraft.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
T207A · all T207As 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 Cessna T207 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
20700699
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 TSIO-520-M · 310 hp
Seats
8
Year built
1981
Transponder code
A660A7 (octal 51460247)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 4, 2024
Expires
March 31, 2031
Last FAA action
March 6, 2024
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 · April 14, 1981
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00710011

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Redtail Partners LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
50 W 100 S
Moab, UT 84532-2544

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

—Cessna 402B · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N51SA, 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 Redtail Partners LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 4, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 14, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20700699 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N51SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 402B (serial 402B0339, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N51SA: Accident on May 16, 1997 at Monument Valley, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 19, 1984 at Tonopah, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 2

SEA97LA114Accident on May 16, 1997 at Monument Valley, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: T20700699

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T207A · operated under 091

A horse entering the runway after the aircraft touched down. Factors included no fence installed around part of the airstrip, and remedial action not possible.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

SEA85LA032Accident on December 19, 1984 at Tonopah, NV: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 502B0339

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 402B TS · operated under 135

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data