Single-engine turboprop

N949S

2020 Daher TBM 940

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2020
Serial
1329
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Scepter Aero LLC (LLC)
Based
Waverly, TN
2020 Daher TBM 940
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Registration record

N949S on the FAA register

Type
2020 Daher TBM 940 (FAA: Compagnie Daher TBM 700)
Serial
1329
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D
Registered owner
Scepter Aero LLC
Waverly, TN
Certificate issued
2020-08-04
Airworthiness date
2020-06-19
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AD3027
Mode S (octal)
53230047
Seats (type)
7
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
1,730 nm
Cruise (type)
252 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-08-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N949S to the current registrant.
  • 2020-06-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2012-08-31
    N949S previously assigned to a Homebuilt Rans S-6S (s/n 09041612); cancelled.
Overview

About N949S

N949S is a 2020 Daher TBM 940 (FAA model TBM 700), serial number 1329. The FAA register lists Scepter Aero LLC as the registrant in Waverly, Tennessee. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 4, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A66D engine and 7 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 252 knots and a range of about 1,730 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated June 19, 2020.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N949S. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
252 kt
Range
1,730 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
2,380 ft
Landing over 50 ft
2,430 ft
Fuel burn
59 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

2006-12-10 Accident · Taylorsville, NC Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL07LA025
Reported aircraft: Fagan Rans S-6S — a different aircraft that carried the N949S registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall, uncontrolled decent, collision with the ground, and a post crash fire.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.