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N851JS

Cessna 560XL

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

N851JS is a Cessna 560XL, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2000. It has 13 seats. It is registered to Fe Xl 5111 LLC, an LLC in Kinston, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 10, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 6, 2000. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Exclusive Jets LLC, so it can be flown for hire; the registered owner is someone else, which is usual for a managed aircraft.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
560XL · all 560XLs 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 560 Citation V, Ultra, Encore and Excel 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
560-5111
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 · P&W Canada PW545 SER · 3,952 lb thrust
Seats
13
Year built
2000
Transponder code
ABABE8 (octal 52725750)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 10, 2021
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 6, 2000
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00365980

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fe Xl 5111 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
2860 Jetport Rd
Kinston, NC 28504-7344
Charter N851JS with Exclusive Jets LLC:

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 1

2026-10-08Loan or lien (security agreement)

Connections how N851JS links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N851JS, 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 Fe Xl 5111 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 10, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated September 6, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 560-5111 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N851JS according to the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (October 8, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N851JS: Accident on December 16, 1989 at Staunton, VA: no 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

BFO90FA012Accident on December 16, 1989 at Staunton, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 834

Aircraft on the NTSB record: British Aerospace BAE 3101 · operated under 135

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY ALIGN THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY HEADING DURING THE TAKEOFF RUN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: AIRPORT PERSONNEL'S FAILURE TO ASSURE THAT RUNWAY MARKING AND EDGE LIGHTS WERE ADEQUATELY CLEARED OF SNOW, ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL (NIGHT/WEATHER/TERRAIN/RUNWAY) CONDITIONS, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF VISUAL PERCEPTION.

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

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data