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A Cirrus SR20, the same model family as N997TD
A Cirrus SR20 like this one, not N997TD itself. Photo: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N997TD itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026
N997TD

Cirrus Design Corp SR20

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota
Records check, free: 3 to understand, 2 clearWhere is it now

N997TD is a Cirrus Design Corp SR20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Ascent Aviation INC, a corporation in Duluth, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 19, 2023.

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Aircraft

Maker
Cirrus Design Corp
Model
SR20 · all SR20s and related versions
Built of
composite
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. With a whole-airframe parachute. This is how the Cirrus SR20 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
2328
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-360-ES · 210 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2016
Transponder code
ADEE51 (octal 53367121)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 3, 2024
Expires
October 31, 2031
Last FAA action
October 3, 2024
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 · September 19, 2023
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01228368

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ascent Aviation INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
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
4525 Airport Approach Rd
Duluth, MN 55811-1534
Learn to fly in N997TD with Ascent Aviation INC:
Call (218) 878-5115Website

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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

2002-06-25Gates Lear Jet 24D · Valid registration

Connections how N997TD links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N997TD, 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 Ascent Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 3, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 19, 2023, 7 years after the 2016 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2328 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N997TD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Gates Lear Jet 24D (serial 247, cancelled June 25, 2002). 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

1 NTSB record under N997TD: Accident on December 11, 2001 at Sierra Blanca, TX: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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 1

FTW02FA048Accident on December 11, 2001 at Sierra Blanca, TX: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 247

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gates Learjet 24D · operated under 091

loss of control during descent for undetermined reasons.

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 November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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.

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data