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A Cirrus SR20, the same model family as N87AD
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026
N87AD

Cirrus Design Corp SR20

Valid (manufacturer)FAA registration status code M: Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate. All codesMinnesota
Records check, free: 2 to understand, 3 clearWhere is it now

N87AD is a Cirrus Design Corp SR20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cirrus Design CORP, a non-citizen corporation in Duluth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 25, 2026.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cirrus Design Corp
Model
SR20 · all SR20s and related versions
Built of
composite
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. With a whole-airframe parachute. This is how the Cirrus SR20 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
11650
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 · Lycoming IO-390-C3B6 · 215 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2026
Transponder code
ABF401 (octal 52772001)

Registration

Status
Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificateFAA registration status code M (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
June 29, 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 25, 2026
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01564786

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cirrus Design CORP
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
4515 Taylor Cir
Duluth, MN 55811

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

2005-01-26Beech H35 · Sale reported

Connections how N87AD links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Cirrus Design CORP 500 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to February 27, 2027
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N87AD, 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 Cirrus Design CORP, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 25, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11650 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N87AD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech H35 (serial D-4943, cancelled January 26, 2005). 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 N87AD: Accident on May 6, 2004 at Fort Pierce, FL: 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

MIA04CA080Accident on May 6, 2004 at Fort Pierce, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: D-4943

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech H35 · operated under 091

The pilots failure to maintain the proper glide path during the approach which resulted in the airplane undershooting the runway and not attaining the proper touchdown point.

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 November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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.

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data