ANAC Advertencia 286/DAG: Argentine and Cessna Serial Mappings

Two identifiers can describe one aircraft

This distinction matters when an owner has local records while a manual or technical source uses the Cessna-assigned serial. Preserve both identifiers and the evidence connecting them instead of silently replacing one with the other.

Exact pairs and block endpoints

Some ANAC entries provide an exact pair. Other entries provide only the endpoints of a block. The serial guide distinguishes an exact aircraft pair from the endpoints of a larger block.

Endpoint-only blocks do not authorize interpolation of intermediate pairs. Differences between Argentine serial spellings in the production ranges and the ANAC cross-reference are also retained rather than normalized away. An apparent mismatch should lead to examination of the original records, not an invented correction.

Using the mapping in aircraft research

Buyers can use an exact documented pair to connect otherwise differently identified records, while keeping registration history and delivery dates separate. Mechanics can use the Cessna-assigned identity as a lead for document effectivity research, but the mapping alone does not establish installed components, AD compliance or an approved aircraft flight manual.

ANAC also supplies assembly context for particular entries; do not generalize it to every Argentine aircraft. For example, the exact pair A-1501001 and 15073428 can connect records using those two identifiers. That pair does not supply the intervening identities in a different endpoint-only block. Carry the original label, the stated match and its precision into any follow-up enquiry, and keep aircraft registration marks separate from both serial identifiers.

When a logbook and a component record use different identifiers, keep the ANAC pair with both records so the connection can be followed. The Cessna 150 serial guide shows the exact-pair and block-endpoint distinctions; the Reims and Argentine identity guide places them alongside the other aircraft families.