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N963TW, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83)
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N963TW

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

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N963TW is a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1999. 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 May 21, 1999.

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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
53613
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
Seats
172
Year built
1999
Transponder code
AD6909 (octal 53264411)

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 · May 21, 1999
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00393747

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

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N963TW links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N963TW, 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 May 21, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 53613 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N963TW according to the deregistered file. [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 N963TW: Incident on October 10, 2000 at Santo Domingo: no injuries. 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

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NTSB records 1

CHI01WA015Incident on October 10, 2000 at Santo Domingo: no injuries.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 · operated under 121

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