# N965AS: Cirrus Design SF50

- Status: Valid registration (dealer)
- Airframe: [Cirrus Design SF50](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sf50) (registry code 2130010, 7 seats)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A00018CH](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A00018CH) (Cirrus Design Corporation) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0875
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Mode S code: AD6ECA
- Registered owner: [Cirrus Design Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CIRRUS%20DESIGN%20CORP)
- Location: [Duluth, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Duluth)
- Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 46.8385° N, 92.2222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 55811, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=965AS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N965AS

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): 3 in force

### Matched by airframe (Cirrus Design SF50)

- [AD 2023-04-20](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-04-20): Auto Flight System · Cirrus Design SF50. Effective Mar 21, 2023
- [AD 2020-03-50](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2020-03-50): Communications · Cirrus Design SF50. Effective Jun 11, 2020
- [AD 2019-08-51](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2019-08-51): Flight Controls · Cirrus Design SF50. Effective Jun 17, 2019

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N965AS.

## NTSB investigations on N965AS not matched to an aircraft (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98WA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98WA086), Jun 4, 1998: Douglas MD-80 (N965AS), Yuzhno, Russia, incident, minor damage

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N965AS.

## 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.

## Service difficulty reports on N965AS not matched to an aircraft (167, newest 50)

They name N965AS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR 2013FA0000514](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2013FA0000514), Sep 16, 2013: UNKNOWN. SMOKE. AFTER DEPATURE AND CLIMBING THRU 11,600 FT, SMOKE AND FUMES DETECTED IN CABIN AND COCKPIT.
- [SDR 2013FA0000380](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2013FA0000380), Jul 1, 2013: AUTOTHROTTLE SYS. DISENGAGED. MACH TRIM INOPERATIVE LIGHT CAME ON AT ALTITUDE, AUTO THROTTLE AND AUTO PILOT BOTH DISENGAGED, AIR SPEED INDICATORS LEFT .78M RT .71M. ACFT SHUTTERED AND HAD VI
- [SDR 2011F00117](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011F00117), May 23, 2011: CABIN PRESSURE. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION AT 35K, DESCENDED TO 14K AND PRESSURIZATION BEGAN TO RECOVER. O2 MASK DID NOT DEPLOY AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY WHEN SELECTED.
- [SDR ASAA0781619](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0781619), Apr 26, 2007: BATTERY. DISCHARGED. NUMEROUS EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHT INOPERATIVE IN TAIL COMPARTMENT AREA. REPLACED BATTERIES.
- [SDR ASAA0680680](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0680680), Jun 2, 2006: STRUCTURE. CHIPPED. LEFTHAND AILERON T/E COMPOSITE CHIPPED. BOND REPAIRED PER SRM 51-90-0.
- [SDR ASAA0680679](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0680679), Jun 2, 2006: WEDGE. GOUGED. FLAP T/E WEDGE IS GOUGED. REPAIRED PER SRM 51-90-0.
- [SDR ASAA0680678](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0680678), Jun 2, 2006: SKIN. GOUGED. RIGHTHAND ELEVATOR CONTROL TAB GOUGED. REPLACED DAMAGED SECTION OF TAB SKIN PER SRM 51-70-2.
- [SDR ASAA0580169](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580169), Mar 9, 2005: FLOORBOARD. CORRODED. HV-CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS WATER DAMAGED AND HAS CORRODED FASTENERS. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580165](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580165), Mar 7, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. HV - CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580164](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580164), Mar 7, 2005: FLOOR PANEL. DELAMINATED. HV - CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580166](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580166), Mar 7, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. HV - CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580168](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580168), Mar 7, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. HV - CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580167](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580167), Mar 7, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. HV- CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580163](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580163), Mar 7, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. HV - CHECK - PAX CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED AND CRACKED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580170](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580170), Mar 7, 2005: GEAR. DENTED. HV - CHECK - LT ELEVATOR GEAR TAB IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580171](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580171), Mar 7, 2005: TAB. DELAMINATED. HV-CHECK - LT ELEVATOR GEAR TAB IS DELAMINATED. BONDED CORE AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580172](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580172), Mar 7, 2005: VANE. WORN. HV-CHECK - LT IB FLAP IB VANE IS WORN AT LEADING EDGE. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580161](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580161), Mar 1, 2005: SKIN PANEL. ELONGATED. HV- CHECK - LT WING ACCESS PANEL 1392C HAD ELONGATED FASTENER HOLES. REPLACED PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580160](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580160), Mar 1, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. HV - CHECK - RT IB FLAP BOTTOM SKIN DENTED. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580162), Mar 1, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. HV - CHECK - RT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE IS DENTED. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR FILLERS, DOUBLERS, AND FINGER DOUBLERS. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580159](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580159), Mar 1, 2005: SKIN. CHAFED. HV - CHECK - RT IB FLAP L/E PANEL IS CHAFED. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580158](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580158), Mar 1, 2005: VANE. CHAFED. HV-CHECK - LT OB FLAP NR 1 VANE IB END L/E SKIN IS CHAFED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580143](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580143), Feb 28, 2005: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. OKC - DURING HV-CHECK, FOUND SEAT TRACK CORRODED. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR PLUG. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580142](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580142), Feb 28, 2005: SEAT TRACK. GOUGED. OKC - DURING HV CHECK, SEAT TRACK GOUGED AT LUGS. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR SECTION. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580141](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580141), Feb 28, 2005: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. OKC - FOUND DURING HV CHECK, FALSE SEAT TRACK CORRODED. REPLACED TRACK. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580144](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580144), Feb 28, 2005: INTERCOSTAL. CRACKED. HV - CHECK - FLOORBEAM INTERCOSTAL IS CRACKED. REPLACED INTERCOSTAL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580173](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580173), Feb 28, 2005: VANE. DAMAGED. HV - CHECK - FRAME HAS RIVET SET MARKS. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALED REPAIR FILLER, ANGLE, AND PLATE. (K)
- [SDR ASAA080137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA080137), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. OKC - FOUND HV CHECK, MID CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580123](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580123), Feb 27, 2005: FLOOR PANEL. DELAMINATED. OKC HV - CHECK - CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580122](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580122), Feb 27, 2005: FLOOR PANEL. DELAMINATED. OKC HV-CHECK - CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580121](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580121), Feb 27, 2005: FLOOR PANEL. DAMAGED. OKC HV-CHECK - CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS FEREL DAMAGED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (K)
- [SDR ASAA0580140](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580140), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. OKC - HV-CHECK, AFT CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580126](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580126), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, FOUND CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580124](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580124), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHK, CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580127](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580127), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, FOUND CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580125](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580125), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580139](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580139), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. OKC - HV-CHECK, AFT CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. COLD-WORKED TO ORIGINAL CONTOUR, INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580134](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580134), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. BENT. HV-CHECK, FORWARD CARGO BAY DOOR CUTOUT IS GOUGED FORWARD OF UPPER DOOR STOP. REMOVED DAMAGE, AND INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580131), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580130](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580130), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580138](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580138), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. OKC - HV-CHECK, AFT CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580137](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580137), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. OKC - HV-CHECK, MID CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580136](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580136), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. OKC - HV-CHECK, MID CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580129](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580129), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC- HV-CHECK, FOUND CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580135](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580135), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. DENTED. HV-CHECK, MID CARGO BAY DOOR IS DENTED. INSTALLED REPAIR DOUBLER. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580133), Feb 27, 2005: SKIN. BENT. HV-CHECK, FORWARD CARGO BAY DOOR IS BENT AROUND DOOR HANDLE. REMOVED DAMAGED SECTION. INSTALLED REPAIR SCUFF PLATE. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580132](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580132), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. CORRODED. HV-CHECK, CABIN FLOOR PANEL HAS CORRODED FASTENERS. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580128](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580128), Feb 27, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580115](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580115), Feb 26, 2005: FLOORBOARD. DELAMINATED. OKC - HV-CHECK, FOUND CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS DELAMINATED. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)
- [SDR ASAA0580116](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/ASAA0580116), Feb 26, 2005: FLOORBOARD. CORRODED. OKC - HV-CHECK, FOUND CABIN FLOOR PANEL IS WATER DAMAGED AND HAS CORRODED FASTENERS. REPLACED FLOOR PANEL. (M)

All 167: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N965AS/unmatched-reports.md

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (3)

Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

### Approved for the airframe (Cirrus Design SF50)

- [STC SA09887AC](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA09887AC): Installation of an Avionica MK-III mini Quick Access Recorder (QAR) and optional 4G or LTE Avionica Cellular Module (avCM. Aircraft Systems and Manufacturing Inc
- [STC SA04615CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA04615CH): BasicMed 6-place occupancy restriction. CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATON
- [STC SA00401BO](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA00401BO): Installation of a SkyTrax100B UAT receiver. Avidyne Corporation

## Earlier aircraft with N965AS

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N965AS before.

- [Cancelled 2018-12-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N965AS-2018-12-04): Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, S/N 54749. Exported to China. Owner: [Bell Helicopter Textron Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BELL%20HELICOPTER%20TEXTRON%20INC), [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)

## Related

- Other Cirrus Design SF50 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sf50/aircraft.md

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