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A Cessna 207 Skywagon 207, the same model family as N9651M
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N9651M

Cessna 207A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N9651M is a Cessna 207A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Grant Aviation INC, a corporation in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 1999 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 15, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
207A · all 207As 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 207 Skywagon 207 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
20700715
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 · Cont Motor IO-520-F · 300 hp
Seats
8
Year built
1981
Transponder code
AD7140 (octal 53270500)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 19, 1999
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 15, 1981
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00434550

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Grant Aviation 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
6420 Kulis Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502

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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 1

1971-10-20Mooney M20F · Valid registration

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9651M, 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 Grant Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 19, 1999, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated July 15, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20700715 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9651M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney M20F (serial 670228, cancelled October 20, 1971). 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

3 NTSB records under N9651M: Accident on June 3, 2024 at Bethel, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 10, 1991 at Kivalina, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 28, 1988 at Kivalina, AK: 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 3

ANC24LA043Accident on June 3, 2024 at Bethel, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 207A · operated under 135

The pilot’s improper short-field takeoff procedure, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent hard landing.

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ANC91LA027Accident on February 10, 1991 at Kivalina, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 207A00715

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 207 · operated under 135

THE PILOT'S FAILURE IN NOT IDENTIFYING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG THE ROUTE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION BY THE PIC AND THE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

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ANC89LA029Accident on December 28, 1988 at Kivalina, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 207-0075

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 207 · operated under 135

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data