Cessna U206F
N8287Q is a Cessna U206F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Adventist World Aviation, a corporation in Wilson, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 1999 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 28, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- U206F · all U206Fs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna U206 Stationair 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
- U20603148
- 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 · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- AB51EF (octal 52650757)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 12, 1999
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- February 8, 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 · January 28, 1976
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00953481
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Adventist World Aviation
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4421 Airport Dr NW
Wilson, NC 27896-8679
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8287Q links to the rest of the register
- Cessna U206 Stationair 798 registered
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental IO-520 series 9,482 aircraft with this engine series · 285 hp
- Type certificate A4CE · held by Textron Aviation INC
- Adventist World Aviation 14 aircraft in the fleet
- Wilson, NC 39 aircraft registered in this town
- Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport · W03
- North Carolina 7,123 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna U206 Stationair 41 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna U206 Stationair 791 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna U206 Stationair 516 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-520 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-520 series 465 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8287Q, 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 Adventist World Aviation, a corporation, certificate issued May 12, 1999, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 28, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial U20603148 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8287Q according to the deregistered file. [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 N8287Q: Accident on July 16, 1994 at Noatak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 206 · operated under 135
THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE LANDING AREA. A FACTOR WAS A 'CUT BANK' IN THE LANDING AREA.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data