Cessna 207A
N9956M is a Cessna 207A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Ryan Air INC, a corporation in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 27, 1985 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 14, 1983.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 207A · all 207As 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 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
- 20700763
- 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
- 1983
- Transponder code
- ADE86C (octal 53364154)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 27, 1985
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 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 · March 14, 1983
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00740533
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ryan Air 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
- 6400 Carl Brady Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-1804
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9956M links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 115 registered
- Cessna 72,684 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental IO-520-F 80 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Ryan Air INC 27 aircraft in the fleet
- Anchorage, AK 2,529 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 314 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 157 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-520-F 32 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-520-F 751 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Lever, separated · 1998-07-16
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The public federal record on N9956M, 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 Ryan Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 27, 1985, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 14, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20700763 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9956M 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 N9956M: Accident on May 29, 1998 at Bethel, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 207 · operated under 135
The throttle arm disconnecting from the throttle linkage to the engine as a result of inadequate inspection by company maintenance personnel. Factors associated with this accident were the company maintenance personnel not following the repetitive Service Bulletin inspection, and the inadequate design of the throttle arm by the manufacturer.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data