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A Cessna 441 Conquest II, the same model family as N553AM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N553AM

Cessna 441

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N553AM is a Cessna 441, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1981. It has 10 seats. It is registered to an individual in Beverly Hills, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 31, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
441 · all 441s 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 441 Conquest II 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
441-0219
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 · Airesearch TPE331 SERIES · 904 hp
Seats
10
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
131 mph
Transponder code
A70A9C (octal 51605234)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 28, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 28, 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 · July 31, 1981
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00193595

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Underwood Chris
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
4750 W Angus Dr
Beverly Hills, FL 34465-4693

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N553AM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Beverly Hills, FL 10 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N553AM, 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 Underwood Chris, an individual, certificate issued August 28, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated July 31, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 441-0219 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N553AM 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 N553AM. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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

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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data