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A Cessna 208 Caravan, the same model family as N9481F
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N9481F

Cessna 208

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N9481F is a Cessna 208, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1985. It has 10 seats. It is registered to ISR Aviation LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 1, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 21, 1985.

Where is it now Last seen October 15 at 4:07 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
208 · all 208s 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 208 Caravan 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
20800070
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
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-114 · 600 hp
Seats
10
Year built
1985
Transponder code
AD2D61 (octal 53226541)

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 1, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 1, 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 · November 21, 1985
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00572787

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
ISR Aviation 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
2801 Centerville Rd Fl 1 Pmb 8229
Wilmington, DE 19808

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

1968-07-19Hughes 269B · exported to Jamaica · Valid registration

Connections how N9481F links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • ISR Aviation LLC 21 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate
Place
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N9481F.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9481F, 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 ISR Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 1, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated November 21, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20800070 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9481F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hughes 269B (serial 1160287, cancelled July 19, 1968). 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 N9481F: Accident on July 22, 1997 at Naknek, AK: 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

ANC97LA109Accident on July 22, 1997 at Naknek, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208 · operated under 135

The pilots decision to continue the landing into adverse weather conditions and failure to maintain runway alignmet. A factor was the rain shower which resulted in reduced forward visibility.

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 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

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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data