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Aircraft Registration Data

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  • What information is in the Aircraft Registration Master  file?
  • What scope is available?
  • Support documents:
    a. Ownership Codes

Ownership Codes
1 = individual
2 = partnership
3 = corporation
4 = co-owner
5 = government
8 = non citizen corp.
9 = non citizen co-owner

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         AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION MASTER FILE

Contains the records of all U.S. Civil Aircraft registered with
the FAA, including air carrier and general aviation aircraft.
This file is available monthly and requires one reel of magnetic
tape if the data is to be duplicated on 6250 BPI density, three
reels for duplicating at 1600 BPI density, four reels for
duplicating at 800BPI density or five reels for duplicating at
556 BPI density.

                    Position  Number
                    Location    of
Element             in Record Positions   Description

N-Number            1-5       5           Identification number
                                          assigned to aircraft.
                                          Left adjusted.

Serial Number       6-35      30          The complete aircraft
                                          serial number assigned
                                          to the aircraft by the
                                          manufacturer.

MFR-MDL-CODE        36-42     7           A code assigned to the
                                          aircraft manufacturer,
                                          model, and series.

     Positions 1-3     Manufacturer Code
     Positions 4-5     Model Code
     Positions 6-7     Series Code

ENG-MDL-CODE        43-47     5           A code assigned to the
                                          engine manufacturer and
                                          model.

       Position  (43-45)     Manufacturer Code
       Position  (46-47)     Model Code

Year Mfr            48-51     4           Year manufactured.

Type Registrant     52        1           1 = individual,
                                          2 = partnership,
                                          3 = corporation,
                                          4 = co-owner,
                                          5 = government,
                                          8 = non citizen corp,
                                          9 = non citizen co-owner

Registrant's Name   53-102    50          The first registrant's
                                          name which appears on the
                                          Application for Aircraft
                                          Registration, FAA Form
                                          8050-1.
                                         
Address Line 1      103-135   33          The street address which
                                          appears  on the Application
                                          for Aircraft Registration,
                                          FAA Form 8050-1, or  the
                                          latest street address 
                                          reported by the registrant.

Address Line 2      136-168   33          The 2nd street address which
                                          appears on the Application
                                          for  Aircraft Registration,
                                          FAA Form  8050-1, or the
                                          latest street address
                                          reported by the  registrant.
                                         
Registrant's City   169-186   18          The city name which appears
                                          on the Application for
                                          Aircraft Registration, FAA
                                          Form 8050-1 or the latest
                                          address reported by the
                                          registrant.

Registrant's State  187-188   2           The state abbreviation which
                                          appears on the application
                                          for  aircraft registration,
                                          FAA Form 8050-1 or the lates
                                          address reported by the
                                          registrant

Registrant's        189-198   10          The postal ZIP code which
ZIP Code                                  appears  on the application
                                          for Aircraft  Registration,
                                          FAA Form 8050-1, or the
                                          atest reported by the
                                         registrant.

Registrants Region  199       1           1 = Eastern,
                                          2 = Southwestern,  
                                          3 = Central,
                                          4 = Western-Pacific,
                                          5 = Alaskan,
                                          7 = Southern,
                                          8 = European,
                                          C = Great Lakes,
                                          E = New England,
                                          S = Northwest Mountain

County Mail         200-202   3           The county which appears on
                                          the  application for
                                          Aircraft Registration.

Country Mail        203-204   2           The country which appears on
                                          the application for Aircraft
                                          Registration.

Last Action Date    205-212   8           Format YYYY/MM/DD

Cert Issue Date     213-220   8           Format YYYY/MM/DD

Certification requested and uses:

A. Airworthiness    221       1           The airworthiness
   Classification Code                    certificate
                                          classification which is
                                          reported on the
                                          Application for 
                                          Airworthiness, FAA Form
                                          8130-6.

          1 - Standard          2 - Limited
          3 - Restricted        4 - Experimental
          5 - Provisional       6 - Multiple
          8 - Special Flight Permit

B. Approved         222-230   9           The approved operations (up
   Operation Codes                        to a maximum of six) which
                                          are reported on the
                                          Application for
                                          Airworthiness, FAA Form
                                          8130-6.

     Position 221 - Standard
    
     Position 222 may be blank or:
          N - Normal
          U - Utility
          A - Acrobatic
          T - Transport
          G - Glider
          B - Balloon

     Positions 223-230 are blank.

     Position  221 - Limited

     Positions 222-230 are blank.

     Position  221 - Restricted

     Positions 222-228 may contain 0-6:
            O - Other
            1 - Agriculture and Pest Control
            2 - Aerial Surveying
            3 - Aerial Advertising
            4 - Forest
            5 - Patrolling
            6 - Weather Control
     
     Positions 229-230 are blank.
    
     Positions 221 - Experimental
     
     Positions 222-228 may contain 0-6:
            O - To show compliance with FAR
            1 - Research and Development
            2 - Amateur Built
            3 - Exhibition
            4 - Racing
            5 - Crew Training
            6 - Market Survey

     Positions 229-230 are blank.

     Positions 221 -Provisional

     Position  222:
          1 - Class I
          2 - Class II
    
     Positions 223-230 are blank.

     Position  221 - Multiple

     Positions 222 - 223  may contain 1, 2, or 3, which
                          represent the multiple classification
                          codes:
          1 - Standard
          2 - Limited
          3 - Restricted

     Positions 224-230 may be blank or contain:
          O - Other
          1 - Agriculture & Pest Control
          2 - Aerial Surveying
          3 - Aerial Advertising
          4 - Forest
          5 - Patrolling
          6 - Weather Control

     Positions 221 - Special Flight Permit
    
     Positions 222-230, may contain 1-5:

          1 -  Ferry flight for repairs; alterations, maintenance
               or storage.
          2 -  Evacuate from area of impending danger.
          3 -  Operation in excess of maximum certificated
               takeoff weight.
          4 -  Delivery or export.
          5 -  Production flight testing. Positions 193-196 are
               blank.

Type Aircraft       231       1           1 = Glider,
                                          2 = Balloon, 
                                          3 = Blimp/dirigible,
                                          4 = Fixed wing single
                                              engine,
                                          5 = Fixed wing multi
                                              engine,
                                          6 = Rotorcraft

Type Engine         232       1           0 = None,
                                          1 = Reciprocating,
                                          2 = Turbo-prop,
                                          3 = Turbo-shaft,
                                          4 = Turbo-jet,
                                          5 = Turbine air generator,
                                          6 = Ramjet,
                                          9 = Unknown

SEQUENCE                    N-Number (positions 1-5)
RECORD LENGTH               232 characters EBCDIC mode
BLOCK SIZE                  32712
BLOCKING FACTOR             141 records per block
LABEL RECORD                None
 

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