# N408BA: 2023 Textron 408 - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Textron 408](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-408) (registry code 2076527, 2 seats) - Engine: [P&Wc PT6A-65SC](https://openairdocs.org/engine/p-wc-pt6a-65sc) (registry code 51759) - Data sheets: [TCDS A00016WI](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A00016WI) (Textron Aviation Inc.), [TCDS E4EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E4EA) (Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 408-0010 - Year built: 2023 - Type: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-prop - Airworthiness: Standard, normal - Airworthiness date: March 1, 2023 - Certificate issued: May 10, 2023 - Expires: May 31, 2030 - Mode S code: A4CA73 - Registered owner: [Norton Basin Services](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NORTON%20BASIN%20SERVICES) - Location: [Nome, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Nome) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 64.7421° N, 164.6570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99762, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=408BA - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408BA From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 2 in force ### Matched by airframe (Textron 408) - [AD 2026-14-10](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2026-14-10): Vertical Stabilizer Structure, Horizontal Stabilizer Structure · Textron 408. Effective Aug 18, 2026 - [AD 2023-10-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-10-02): Indicating/Recording System, Navigation · Boeing 18, 23, 35 and 1,060 more. Effective May 26, 2023 ### Matched by engine (P&Wc PT6A-65SC) None in force. ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations None matched to N408BA. ## FAA accident and incident reports (1) From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [Incident 20260804009839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260804009839I), Aug 4, 2026: Textron Aviation Inc 408 (N408BA), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. During a routine preflight walkaround inspection, damage was identified on the right-wing strut fairing. Approximately a 7-inch by 2-inch section of the… ## Service difficulty reports (10) As reported by operators and repair stations. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR FXTA20260804001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20260804001), Aug 4, 2026: STRUT. DAMAGED. DURING PREFLIGHT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RH UPPER WING STRUT MISSING PART OF METAL FAIRING. APPEARS THAT DURING MANUFACTURE THE SEAMS WERE OFFSET CAUSING A - [SDR FXTA20250408001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20250408001), Mar 15, 2025: STRUT. LEAKING. NO CHROME SHOWING ON RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT - [SDR FXTA20250404003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20250404003), Feb 19, 2025: PRESSURE SWITCH. FAILED. PROP DE-ICE CAS MESSAGE ON RUN-UP. FOUND LH & RH LOW OIL PRESSURE SWITCHES WERE FAILED. - [SDR FXTA20240802001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20240802001), Aug 1, 2024: ROD END. BROKEN. RH INERTIAL SEPARATOR INOPERATIVE. AFTER LANDING MAINTENANCE FOUND ROD END BROKEN THAT CONNECTS THE ELECTRIC ACTUATOR TO THE FIRE WALL. - [SDR FXTA20240729001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20240729001), Jul 28, 2024: ANCHOR FITTING. MISSING. PILOTS CROTCH SEATBELT STRAP ANCHOR MISSING ATTACHMENT BOLT. - [SDR FXTA20240729003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20240729003), Jul 26, 2024: SCREW. LOOSE. PILOTS CONTROL YOKE ATTACHMENT SCREWS LOOSE - [SDR FXTA20240729002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20240729002), Jul 17, 2024: BATTERY. NO TEST. STANDBY INDICATOR BATTERY FAILED PREFLIGHT TEST AND WOULD NOT CHARGE. - [SDR FXTA2040321119002](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA2040321119002), Jan 19, 2024: DUCT. CHAFED. LH AND RH AFT ICE VANE DOOR FOUND TO BE CHAFING ON EXIT DUCT CAUSING A GROOVE TO BE WORN INTO THE SKIN WHEN ICE VANE SYSTEM IN THE NORMAL CONFIGURATION. - [SDR FXTA2040321119001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA2040321119001), Jan 19, 2024: LONGERON. CRACKED. BOTH LH AND RH LOWER ENGINE COWLINGS HAVE STRUCTURE CRACKED UNDER THE ATTACHMENT OF THE ICE VANE DOOR LINKAGE CASTINGS. CRACKING WAS NOTICED COMING OUT FROM UND - [SDR FXTA202403210095](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA202403210095), Jan 19, 2024: LONGERON. CRACKED. BOTH LH AND RH LOWER ENGINE COWLINGS HAVE STRUCTURE CRACKED UNDER THE ATTACHMENT OF THE ICE VANE DOOR LINKAGE CASTINGS. CRACKING WAS NOTICED COMING OUT FROM UND ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (2) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the airframe (Textron 408) - [STC SA02825LA](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA02825LA): Installation of a Unit Load Device (ULD), including pallet, net, and container. Satco Inc - [STC SA04553AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA04553AT): Installation of a Bulk Load Cargo Handling System, P/N 73604-101,. Telair US, LLC ## Earlier aircraft with N408BA The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N408BA before. - [Cancelled 2017-05-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N408BA-2017-05-31): Let L 33 SOLO, S/N 020603, built 2002. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [United States Air Force Academy 94 Fts Cc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20STATES%20AIR%20FORCE%20ACADEMY%2094%20FTS%20CC), [Usaf Academy, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Usaf%20Academy) ## Related - Other Textron 408 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-408/aircraft.md - The P&Wc PT6A-65SC engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/p-wc-pt6a-65sc.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.