N597TB is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD built in 1997. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 7, 2008. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD cancelled October 7, 2008
- Serial number
- 1817
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1997
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- August 30, 2002
- Last FAA action
- August 19, 2008
- Last owner
- University Of Dubuque (Corporation)
Dubuque, IA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N597TB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Socata TB-20 Trinidad · serial 1817
The left seat pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around and the inadvertent in-flight opening of the cabin door for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the distraction of the door opening.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site