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N77ND, a Cessna 525A
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N77ND

Cessna 525A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Dakota

N77ND is a Cessna 525A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2002. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Thunderhawk LLC, an LLC in Fargo, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 5, 2002.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
525A · all 525As 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 525 CitationJet (CJ series) 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
525A-0072
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 · Williams FJ 44 SERIES · 1,900 lb thrust
Seats
8
Year built
2002
Transponder code
AA67DE (octal 52463736)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 31, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2027
Last FAA action
February 7, 2023
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 · May 5, 2002
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00624007

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thunderhawk 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
PO Box 7145
Fargo, ND 58106-7145

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2006-11-02Cessna 550 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N77ND links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Live

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N77ND, 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 Thunderhawk LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 31, 2020, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONRegistration expiry

The registration expires on January 31, 2027, in 93 days. Renewal is routine but must be done by the owner of record. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 5, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 525A-0072 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N77ND was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 550 (serial 550-0005, cancelled November 2, 2006). 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N77ND: Accident on September 30, 2005 at Ft Yukon, AK: minor 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

ANC05LA150Accident on September 30, 2005 at Ft Yukon, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 550-0005

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 550 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper use of anti-icing equipment during cruise flight, which resulted in ice ingestion into both engines (foreign object damage), the complete loss of engine power in both engines, and an emergency descent and landing on tree covered terrain. Factors associated with the accident were the icing conditions, inadequate crew resource management, and failure to use a checklist.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data