FAA TCDS A13EU: Reims Cessna Aircraft

Why Reims identity has its own certification source

For an owner or buyer, identifying a French-built aircraft therefore requires retaining its full prefix and documented model. A serial prefix should not be removed merely to make a number fit a U.S. range.

When FA150 can have FRA150 identity

The Reims configuration guide covers FA1500121-FA1500261 with base identity FA150L and possible certified identity FRA150L, and FA1500262-FA1500336 with base identity FA150M and possible certified identity FRA150M. In both cases the kit condition is FKA150-2311 and FKA150-2316 per A13EU.

Serial eligibility alone does not establish that those kit conditions are satisfied on an individual aircraft. Configuration records are needed before resolving the alternative identity. These alternatives are not additional physical aircraft and must not be added to production counts as separate units.

Practical limits of a Reims serial match

A Reims match supports further research into the applicable engine, handbook and maintenance documentation. It does not prove what is installed now or make documents for a superficially similar U.S. aircraft automatically applicable. Pilots need the documentation controlling their aircraft, including relevant configuration evidence.

For a Reims aircraft offered for sale, retain the full model and serial spelling from its identification and approval records. Compare those identifiers with the manual cover, applicable supplements and installed-engine records. Resolve a difference between FA150 and FRA150 before relying on performance or operating-limit information associated with either identity.

Certificate editions and conditional installations

A13EU should be read at the applicable revision, with the notes attached to the relevant model. The certificate number identifies the approval family; it does not make all models within that family interchangeable. When a record cites a kit or configuration change, follow that reference through to the installation evidence and the operating documentation required for the resulting aircraft.

For a concrete application question, the O-240-A/E engine reference retains FRA150 model and kit conditions along with the E engine’s takeoff and continuous limits. The Reims guide connects those conditions to aircraft identity; a base prefix or kit eligibility does not prove that the configuration was accomplished.