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N9620D, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026
N9620D

Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N9620D is a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1997. It has 172 seats. It is registered to Jetran LLC, an LLC in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 18, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 8, 1997.

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Aircraft

Maker
Mcdonnell Douglas
Model
DC-9-83(MD-83) · all DC-9-83(MD-83)s 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 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 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
53591
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 JT8D SERIES · 7,700 lb thrust
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
172
Year built
1997
Transponder code
AD65F0 (octal 53262760)

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 18, 2023
Expires
October 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 18, 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 · November 8, 1997
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00626681

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jetran 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
1449 Airpark
Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657-5703

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

1959-03-20Piper PA-22-160 · exported to Congo Republic of · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N9620D, 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 Jetran LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 18, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated November 8, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 53591 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9620D was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-22-160 (serial 22-6531, cancelled March 20, 1959). 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 N9620D: Incident on July 25, 1998 at Saint Louis, MO: minor injuries, minor 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

CHI98IA275Incident on July 25, 1998 at Saint Louis, MO: minor injuries, minor damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-83 · operated under 121

the failure of the flight crew to maintain clearance from the sweeper truck. A factor in the incident was the sweeper truck.

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.

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