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N501NA

2001 Cirrus Design Corp SR22

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 0012

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2030.

Registered owner

NASA Langley Research Center

Owner type: Government
Address: Attn Aviation Manager 6 East Taylor St, Hampton, VA 23681
Fleet: 53 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Cirrus Design Corp SR22
Year built: 2001
Serial number: 0012
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Cont Motor IO-550 SERIES · 300 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Apr 9, 2001)
Mode S code: A63ED4 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: May 18, 2001 · last FAA action Oct 20, 2023

Past registrations of N501NA

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Jul 31, 1989 American AA-1 · serial AA10001

What a Cirrus SR22 looks likePhoto of a Cirrus SR22, not this aircraft: ZLEA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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