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N590AK

Cessna 560XL

Valid Texas

N590AK is a Cessna 560XL, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1999. It has 13 seats. It is registered to K & B Aviation Gp LLC, an LLC in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 24, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
560XL · all 560XLs and related versions
Serial number
560-5038
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · P&W Canada PW545 SER · 3,952 lb thrust
Seats
13
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A79D71 (octal 51716561)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 12, 2016
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · September 24, 1999
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00575752

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
K & B Aviation Gp LLC
Type
LLC
Address
6609 Avenue U
Houston, TX 77011-1235

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N590AK, 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 K & B Aviation Gp LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 12, 2016, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 24, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 560-5038 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N590AK 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N590AK: Accident on April 30, 2008 at Port Heiden, AK: 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

ANC08LA059Accident on April 30, 2008 at Port Heiden, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 560XL · operated under 091

The flying pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC08LA059 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