{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1983-03-14","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1985-09-27","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17237","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"IO-520-F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-12","maker":"Cessna","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CESSNA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2073605","mode_s_code":"53364154","mode_s_hex":"ADE86C","model":"207A","n_number":"N9956M","name":"RYAN AIR INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BETHEL","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-05-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC98LA059","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N9956M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on May 29, 1998 at Bethel, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Ryan Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 27, 1985, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated March 14, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20700763 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9956M according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N9956M: Accident on May 29, 1998 at Bethel, 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":8,"serial_number":"20700763","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6400 CARL BRADY DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00740533","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9956M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1983,"zip":"995021804"}