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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026Noorduyn Aviation Ltd MK VI
N797TS is a Noorduyn Aviation Ltd MK VI, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 9 seats. It is registered to an individual in Blue Earth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Noorduyn Aviation Ltd
- Model
- MK VI
- Serial number
- 797
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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, 1 motor
- Seats
- 9
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AAD3C0 (octal 52551700)
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 14, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01299810
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Steier Tim A DBA
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 42299 70Th St
Blue Earth, MN 56013-5926 - Co-owners
- Blue Earth Aviation
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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
Connections how N797TS links to the rest of the register
- Noorduyn Aviation Ltd 3 aircraft on the register
- Blue Earth, MN 28 aircraft registered in this town
- Blue Earth Municipal · SBU
- Minnesota 6,935 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N797TS.json.
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The public federal record on N797TS, 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.
Valid registration to Steier Tim A DBA, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 797 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N797TS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA (serial 243, cancelled May 9, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N797TS: Accident on April 10, 2010 at Tooele, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Costruzioni Aeronautichetecnam P2002 SIERRA · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data