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A Cessna 320, the same model family as N7AE
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N7AE

Cessna 320D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan

N7AE is a Cessna 320D, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Andrew Reed Enterprises LLC, an LLC in Fostoria, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 27, 1965.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
320D · all 320Ds 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 320 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
320D0033
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 IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1965
Cruising speed
183 mph
Transponder code
A94FE1 (octal 52247741)

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 25, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 25, 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 · September 27, 1965
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00471464

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Andrew Reed Enterprises 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
6915 Oliver Rd
Fostoria, MI 48435-9403

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

1985-07-16Cessna 320C · Valid registration

Connections how N7AE links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Fostoria, MI 7 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N7AE.json.

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The public federal record on N7AE, 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 Andrew Reed Enterprises LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 25, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 27, 1965, consistent with the 1965 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 320D0033 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N7AE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 320C (serial 320C0060, cancelled July 16, 1985). 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 N7AE: Accident on August 24, 1984 at Monterey, CA: fatal, destroyed (5 fatal). 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

LAX84FA453Accident on August 24, 1984 at Monterey, CA: fatal, destroyed (5 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 320C0060

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 320C · operated under 091

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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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data