# N20NS: Ilyushin IL 78

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Ilyushin IL 78](https://openairdocs.org/model/ilyushin-il-78) (registry code 056194I, 100 seats)
- Serial number: 0083485558
- Type: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Certificate issued: May 1, 2019
- Expires: May 31, 2029
- Mode S code: A190E7
- Registered owner: [Meridican Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MERIDICAN%20INC)
- Location: [Philadelphia, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Philadelphia)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.9534° N, 75.1742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19103, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=20NS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20NS

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Ilyushin IL 78)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N20NS.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N20NS.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N20NS

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N20NS before.

- [Cancelled 2011-03-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20NS-2011-03-02): Hawker Beechcraft C90GTI, S/N LJ-1920, built 2008. Exported to Brazil. Owner: [Jm Cross Trading Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JM%20CROSS%20TRADING%20CORP), [Plantation, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Plantation)
- [Cancelled 2004-09-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20NS-2004-09-22): Sundstrom Norman W THUNDER HAWK I, S/N 001. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Sundstrom Norman W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SUNDSTROM%20NORMAN%20W), [Fresno, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Fresno)

## Related

- Other Ilyushin IL 78 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/ilyushin-il-78/aircraft.md

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