Cessna 208B
N987FE is a Cessna 208B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1989. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Federal Express Corporation, a corporation in Memphis, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 26, 1989 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1989.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 208B · all 208Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 208B0201
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W PT6A SERIES · 500 hp
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- ADC5A7 (octal 53342647)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 26, 1989
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- April 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 11, 1989
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00414501
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Federal Express Corporation
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- Vp Supplemental Air Operations
3630 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg C Fl 2Nd
Memphis, TN 38125-8800
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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 N987FE, 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 Federal Express Corporation, a corporation, certificate issued December 26, 1989, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 208B0201 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N987FE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 208B (serial 208B0120, cancelled September 21, 1988). 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 N987FE: Accident on December 12, 1995 at Sacramento, CA: no 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 208B · operated under 135
the pilot was given an erroneous wind velocity due to a malfunctioning wind gauge in the control tower. Factors relating to the accident were: the high/gusty wind conditions, and the pilot's improper evaluation of the actual wind condition.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX96LA070 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