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N196FS

Cessna 421C

Valid Virginia

N196FS is a Cessna 421C, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Technical Education Services INC, a corporation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
421C
Serial number
421C0501
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Cont Motor GTSI0-520-F-K · 435 hp
Seats
8
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A17F03 (octal 50277403)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 19, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 1, 1978
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00763466

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Technical Education Services INC
Type
Corporation
Address
4455 South Blvd Ste 500
Virginia Beach, VA 23452-1387

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data