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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N6867Z

Cessna 421C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMaryland

N6867Z is a Cessna 421C, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Sonic Bird 1 LLC, an LLC in Hagerstown, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 30, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
421C · all 421Cs 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 421 Golden Eagle 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
421C1090
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 GTSI0-520-F-K · 435 hp
Seats
8
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A91CE6 (octal 52216346)

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 21, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 21, 2026
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 30, 1981
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00250137

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sonic Bird 1 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
13126 Pennsylvania Ave Ste 105
Hagerstown, MD 21742-2757

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1963-12-06Piper PA-25-235 · exported to Uruguay · Valid registration

Connections how N6867Z links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N6867Z, 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 Sonic Bird 1 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 21, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated July 30, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 421C1090 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6867Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-235 (serial 25-2551, cancelled December 6, 1963). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N6867Z. 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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data