Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E
N986AC is a Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47E, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2018. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Avera Mckennan, a corporation in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 9, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 16, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
- Model
- PC-12/47E · all PC-12/47Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 1786
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-67P · 1272 hp
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 2018
- Transponder code
- ADC171 (octal 53340561)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 9, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 16, 2018
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01274874
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Avera Mckennan
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1325 S Cliff Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57105-1007
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N986AC, 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 Avera Mckennan, a corporation, certificate issued August 9, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 16, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1786 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N986AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172L (serial 17259289, cancelled February 7, 2007). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N986AC: Accident on September 17, 2004 at Kill Devil Hlls, NC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172L · operated under 091
An in-flight encounter with a downdraft on final approach, which resulted in a loss of control of the airplane and subsequent collision with the ground.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL04CA188 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data