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N551MS

Cessna 501

Valid Texas

N551MS is a Cessna 501, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1980. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bridgeport, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 1998 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 21, 1988.

Aircraft

Maker
Cessna
Model
501
Serial number
501-0147
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · P&W Canada JT15D-1A · 2,200 lb thrust
Seats
8
Year built
1980
Transponder code
A70446 (octal 51602106)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 27, 1998
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 21, 1988
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00792992

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Simpson Michael A
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 685
Bridgeport, TX 76426-0685

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