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Tennessee Citation Reached Wichita Service Center

N865UT's latest Knoxville–Wichita run fits a documented Textron maintenance pattern, though no current work order identifies the job.

Aug 17, 2026N865UT
Flight
  1. Knoxville, TNWichita, KSKTYS → KICTAug 17, 20269:32 AM11:21 AMEDT1h 49m

University of Tennessee Citation N865UT arrived in Wichita on Aug. 17, landing at ICT, where Textron Aviation operates a 24/7 service center for Citation aircraft. Its history makes maintenance the strongest explanation: FAA Form 337 materials previously identified this same aircraft at Textron Aviation Service in Wichita, and it then made a nearly three-month Wichita stay earlier this year, including a local flight before its Apr. 24 departure for Knoxville. No current work order or university record identifies the specific work, passengers, or payer, so this is service-center context rather than a confirmed job description.

Selected flight record
Flight record
Route
KTYS → KICT
Departure
Aug 17, 2026, 9:32 AM ET
Arrival
Aug 17, 2026, 11:21 AM ET
Airborne
1h 49m
Paired legs
returnWichita, KS → Knoxville, TNAug 31, 2026, 12:46 PM
Sources & methodology

Sources: FAA Aircraft Inquiry for N865UT; Textron Aviation Wichita Service Center; prior FAA Form 337 packet for N865UT, pages 1-2 (Aug. 21, 2025).

registry.faa.gov ↗txtav.com ↗

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Aircraft & ownership
Aircraft
Tail
N865UT
FAA type
C56X · Cessna Citation Excel / XLS family
Group
SEC
Registry
United States
Attribution
Registered owner
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEEValid
FAA Registry N865UT ↗ · Current FAA record for Cessna 560XL serial 560-5517, registered to University of Tennessee.
Program tie
University of Tennessee Flight Operations — the program's own flight departmentevidence predates this flight
board meeting book · University of Tennessee Finance and Administration Committee meeting book, Oct 2025, information item 8.3, PDF pp.83–84 (sha256 79448bc831defb925f7ca0tennessee.edu ↗
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ADS-B data is a public aircraft-movement record. This page separates observed movement from cited context and avoids passenger claims unless a source document supports them.