{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1996-09-06","airworthiness_ops":"Transport","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-03-11","city":"SEGUIN","country_code":"US","county_code":"187","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52112","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"P&W CANADA","engine_model":"JT15D-4","engine_thrust_lb":2500,"expiration_date":"2033-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"business-jets","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-03-11","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2076607","mode_s_code":"51223771","mode_s_hex":"A527F9","model":"S550","n_number":"N431MS","name":"TEXAS AIRCRAFT PARTS BROKERS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TALLULAH","damage":"DEST","date":"1990-05-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW90FA111","probable_cause":"LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO A MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKE AND INCORRECT CONTROL INPUTS BY THE PILOT IN THE FLARE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE BIRD STRIKE INDUCED VIBRATIONS AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CONTACT WITH THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT.","registration":"N431MS","state":"LA","summary":"Accident on May 30, 1990 at Tallulah, LA: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N431MS is a Cessna S550, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1987. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Texas Aircraft Parts Brokers LLC, an LLC in Seguin, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 11, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 6, 1996.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Texas Aircraft Parts Brokers LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 11, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 6, 1996, 9 years after the 1987 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S5500127 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N431MS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Schweizer 269C (serial S1435, cancelled November 5, 1991). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N431MS: Accident on May 30, 1990 at Tallulah, LA: no injuries, destroyed. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":8,"serial_number":"S5500127","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"509 BEECHCRAFT LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Turbofan","type_engine_code":"5","unique_id":"00905470","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N431MS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1987,"zip":"781552523"}