{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1989-12-11","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1989-12-26","city":"MEMPHIS","country_code":"US","county_code":"157","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52034","engine_horsepower":500,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"PT6A SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-15","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073701","mode_s_code":"53342647","mode_s_hex":"ADC5A7","model":"208B","n_number":"N987FE","name":"FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SACRAMENTO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-12-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX96LA070","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N987FE","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on December 12, 1995 at Sacramento, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Federal Express Corporation, a corporation, certificate issued December 26, 1989, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 208B0201 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","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 N987FE: Accident on December 12, 1995 at Sacramento, CA: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":12,"serial_number":"208B0201","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"VP SUPPLEMENTAL AIR OPERATIONS","street2":"3630 HACKS CROSS RD BLDG C FL 2ND","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00414501","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N987FE","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1989,"zip":"381258800"}