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Cessna 404
N5409G is a Cessna 404, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Richland Aviation INC, a corporation in Sidney, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 26, 2012 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 6, 1992.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 404 · all 404s 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 Cessna 404 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
- 404-0028
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Cont Motor TSIO-520 SER · 300 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 198 mph
- Transponder code
- A6DB86 (octal 51555606)
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, 2012
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- 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 · March 6, 1992
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00823055
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Richland Aviation 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
- PO Box 701
Sidney, MT 59270-0701
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N5409G links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 404 26 registered
- Cessna 72,685 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental TSIO-520 series 4,113 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Richland Aviation INC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Sidney, MT 34 aircraft registered in this town
- Sidney-Richland Regional · SDY
- Montana 6,047 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 404 17 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 404 249 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 404 80 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-520 series 36 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-520 series 412 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Engine, failed · 2019-08-16
- Report filed on this aircraft: Channel, cracked · 1999-05-25
- Report filed on this aircraft: Intake Tube, cracked · 1995-11-18
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The public federal record on N5409G, 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 Richland Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 26, 2012, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 404-0028 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5409G according to the deregistered file. [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 N5409G: Accident on September 18, 2021 at Sheridan, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 404 · operated under 135
The pilot experiencing an episode of impaired behavior and incapacitation for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data