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N901BC

Saab-Scania Ab SF-340-A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N901BC is a Saab-Scania Ab SF-340-A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1987. It has 39 seats. It is registered to Aviation Inventory Resources INC, a corporation in Alvarado, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 15, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 18, 2011.

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Aircraft

Maker
Saab-Scania Ab
Model
SF-340-A
Serial number
340A-088
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
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Ge CT7-5A2 · 1735 hp
Seats
39
Year built
1987
Transponder code
AC72FF (octal 53071377)

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 15, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 15, 2025
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 · November 18, 2011
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00303229

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aviation Inventory Resources INC
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
12240 e Fm 917
Alvarado, TX 76009-6183

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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 2

2003-04-22Cessna 402B · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1966-07-11Douglas DC-6 · exported to Netherlands · Valid registration

Connections how N901BC links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Saab-Scania Ab 4 aircraft on the register
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Alvarado, TX 46 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,911 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N901BC, 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 Aviation Inventory Resources INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 15, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 18, 2011, 24 years after the 1987 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 340A-088 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N901BC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 402B (serial 402B0379, cancelled April 22, 2003); Douglas DC-6 (serial 43130, cancelled July 11, 1966). 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 N901BC: Accident on June 28, 1997 at Springfield, MO: 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

CHI97LA191Accident on June 28, 1997 at Springfield, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 40280379

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 402B · operated under 091

The pilot-in-command's (CFI) inadequate supervision and failure to take remedial action. A factor was the dual student's failure to maintain directional control.

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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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data