N45AZ1977 Rockwell International 690B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Ponderosa Aviation LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Safford, AZ
- Certificate issued
- Apr 3, 2026
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2033
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 14, 1983
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Rockwell International
- Model
- 690B
- Year
- 1977
- Serial number
- 11383
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 11
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A56FDB
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tpe331-5&6ser
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 776 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2026 – nowPonderosa Aviation LLCSafford, AZ · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Flight controls · control cable · frayedOct 30, 1995
DURING C/W TWIN COMMANDER SB NR 195B, FOUND BOTH AFT RUDDER CABLES TO HAVE NUMEROUS CABLE STRANDS BROKEN. THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE SB DO NOT ADDRESS THE REMOVAL OR INSPECTION AS OUTLINED IN AC 43.13-1A, CHAPTER 4, PARAGRAPH 198, FIGURE 4.14. THE SB PROCEDURE IS THE ONLY WAY TO PROPERLY INSPECT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · control cable · frayedOct 30, 1995
DURING C/W TWIN COMMANDER SB NR 195B, FOUND BOTH AFT RUDDER CABLES TO HAVE NUMEROUS CABLE STRANDS BROKEN. THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE SB DO NOT ADDRESS THE REMOVAL OR INSPECTION AS OUTLINED IN AC 43.13-1A, CHAPTER 4, PARAGRAPH 198, FIGURE 4.14. THE SB PROCEDURE IS THE ONLY WAY TO PROPERLY INSPECT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026