{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1993-05-04","airworthiness_ops":"Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2011-06-09","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":132,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17032","engine_horsepower":285,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO 520 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-01-22","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073356","mode_s_code":"51313310","mode_s_hex":"A596C8","model":"U206G","n_number":"N4596U","name":"RUSTAIR INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Chinita Bay","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-05-23","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA16CA272","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi, resulting in a tail strike and aft fuselage substantial damage.","registration":"N4596U","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 23, 2016 at Chinita Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Iliamna","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-06-30","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ANC10LA056","probable_cause":"The total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to a fractured crankshaft.","registration":"N4596U","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 30, 2010 at Iliamna, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SKWENTNA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-08-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC95LA126","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE AIRCRAFT (PROLONGED YAWING MANEUVER DURING STEP TAXI TURN), WHICH RESULTED IN UNCOVERING OF THE FUEL TANK OUTLETS AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL STARVATION DURING TAKEOFF.","registration":"N4596U","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 2, 1995 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4596U is a Cessna U206G, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboshaft engines, built in 1979. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Rustair INC, a corporation in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 9, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated May 4, 1993.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rustair INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 9, 2011, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 4, 1993, 14 years after the 1979 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 U20604990 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4596U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150D (serial 15060596, cancelled May 25, 1964). 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":"3 NTSB records under N4596U: Accident on May 23, 2016 at Chinita Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 30, 2010 at Iliamna, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 1995 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":6,"serial_number":"U20604990","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 190867","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00023044","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4596U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"995190867"}