Are Some Registrations Blocked?

[flav8r]

Yesterday as I took a walk across the ramp I was trying to show a friend how you could look up any aircraft registration and when I punched in N300EL it could not find it.
Needless to say I was wrong in stating that you could look up any registration.

 

[N747JB]

Looks like you caught that one in he middle of an N number swap.
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=300EL
I'm not sure why it wouldn't show ownership?

 

[Anymouse]

Hmmm... Looks a little different from the one I found...

 

[Jim_R]

Yes, numbers can be blocked.

How?

He's not talking about looking up a flight path on FlightAware.com. He's talking about looking up the N-number in the FAA registry.

 

[Brad Z]

Rendition aircraft?

 

[Threefingeredjack]

How?

The FAA is a government agency which will respond to the request of another government agency. 'Nuff said.

 

[Everskyward]

Looks like, coincidentally, the N-number was just changed.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=200EL

 

[N801BH]

Looks like, coincidentally, the N-number was just changed.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=200EL

Hmmmmm. On a weekend....

I just looked it up a few hours ago and it was not updated...

 

[Everskyward]

Hmmmmm. On a weekend....

I just looked it up a few hours ago and it was not updated...

If you look at the link the change was authorized on 4/12.

 

[N801BH]

If you look at the link the change was authorized on 4/12.

Interesting....


Sorry Mari..... I went to the "official" FAA site and get this..

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=300EL

 

[Everskyward]

Interesting....


Sorry Mari..... I went to the "official" FAA site and get this..

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=300EL

Right. What I got was also off the "official" FAA site. The number change was authorized on 4/12. It says so in both places.

 

[N801BH]

Right. What I got was also off the "official" FAA site. The number change was authorized on 4/12. It says so in both places.

Agreed....... But... The OP took the pic yesterday... Two weeks after the change was authorized... I always thought you had to display the "current and legal" N numbers on a U.S. aircraft....

Even it took duct tape to make the temp change..

 

[Everskyward]

Agreed....... But... The OP took the pic yesterday... Two weeks after the change was authorized... I always thought you had to display the "current and legal" N numbers on a U.S. aircraft....

Even it took duct tape to make the temp change..

The number was changed from N200EL to N300EL so it was displaying the correct number yesterday.

 

[N801BH]

The number was changed from N200EL to N300EL so it was displaying the correct number yesterday.

Ok.... I must be a little slow today...