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FAA registry exception analysis

The aircraft living outside the valid FAA register

A complete, searchable extract of non-valid FAA master-file records, grouped by the agency’s status codes.

Source: FAA master and aircraft reference files held by SprinkleLoading data date…Coverage: All non-valid FAA master-file rows
Important: A non-valid status is not evidence of fraud, abandonment or a physical aircraft’s condition. It may reflect routine paperwork, deregistration, export, sale or another administrative event.

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Search by N-number, status, manufacturer, model, registered owner, city or state.

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Methodology

How the list was made

  • Selected every FAA master-file record whose trimmed status code is not V.
  • Decoded source status codes into readable labels and broader reporting groups.
  • Shows public registered-owner names and locations but excludes street addresses.

Editorial use

What still needs checking

Treat “zombie” as the project’s editorial label, not an FAA designation. Use the precise status label when reporting an individual record.

Suggested source line: “Analysis of aviation data by Sprinkle.”