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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N618LK

Cessna S550

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N618LK is a Cessna S550, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1986. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Rvr Air Charter LLC, an LLC in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 28, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 24, 1986. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Rvr Aviation LLC, 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
S550 · all S550s 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 S550 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
S550-0108
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
TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · P&W Canada JT15D-4 · 2,500 lb thrust
Seats
8
Year built
1986
Transponder code
A80D7A (octal 52006572)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 28, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
June 25, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 24, 1986
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00750507

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rvr Air Charter 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
150 Aviation Way Hngr 17N
Fort Worth, TX 76106-2757
Charter N618LK with Rvr Aviation LLC:

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Documents on file 1

2026-10-06Loan or lien (security agreement)

Connections how N618LK links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N618LK, 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 Rvr Air Charter LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 28, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 24, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S550-0108 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N618LK according to the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (October 6, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N618LK. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data