Cessna U206G
N9798Z is a Cessna U206G, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboshaft engines, built in 1982. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Wright Air Service INC, a corporation in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 15, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated June 27, 2003.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Wright Air Service INC, and on that of Sourdough Air Service INC, so it can be flown for hire.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- U206G · all U206Gs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Cessna U206 Stationair 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
- U20606665
- 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
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-520 SER · 285 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1982
- Cruising speed
- 132 mph
- Transponder code
- ADA89C (octal 53324234)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 15, 2024
- Expires
- November 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- November 15, 2024
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; OtherFAA certificate purpose code 130 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 27, 2003
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00742201
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wright Air Service 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
- PO Box 60142
Fairbanks, AK 99706-0142
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9798Z links to the rest of the register
- Cessna U206 Stationair 798 registered
- Cessna 72,682 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wright Air Service INC · charter operator
- Sourdough Air Service INC · charter operator
- Lycoming IO-520 series 49 aircraft with this engine series · 285 hp
- Type certificate A4CE · held by Cessna
- Wright Air Service INC 32 aircraft in the fleet
- Fairbanks, AK 842 aircraft registered in this town
- Fairbanks International · FAI
- Gold King Creek Airport · AK7
- Chena River Seaplane Base · 2Z5
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna U206 Stationair 41 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna U206 Stationair 791 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna U206 Stationair 516 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-520 series 3 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N9798Z, 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.
Valid registration to Wright Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 15, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 27, 2003, 21 years after the 1982 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial U20606665 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9798Z according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N9798Z: Accident on August 16, 1992 at Shishmaref, AK: substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 206 · operated under PUBU
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data