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N278XL

Cessna 560XL

Valid Delaware

N278XL is a Cessna 560XL, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2002. It has 13 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Newark, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 17, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; to show compliance with regulations, dated September 12, 2002.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
560XL
Serial number
560-5278
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · P&W Canada PW545 SER · 3,952 lb thrust
Seats
13
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A2C64C (octal 50543114)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 17, 2020
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
February 7, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Research and development; To show compliance with regulations · September 12, 2002
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00304147

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
560Xl LLC
Type
Co-owned
Address
40 E Main St Ste 980
Newark, DE 19711-4639
Co-owners
Mf5Xl LLC / Parks Aviation LLC / Wc-N287Xl LLC

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