Registered owner
Rigi Inc
Owner type
Corporation
Serial number
1493
Year built
2014
Type
Fixed wing single engine
Engine
Turbo-prop
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
October 31, 2014
Certificate issued
December 4, 2024
Expires
December 31, 2031
Mode S code
A61B43

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 26

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

2009In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 35 ADs
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20103
20121
20133
20142
20152
20162
20172
20202
20211
20224
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20264
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Information bulletins that may apply · 1

Advisory, not mandatory.

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N493AFMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft

FAA incident reports

No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N493AFMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft

Service difficulty reports · 6

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR 6CBA20250810001Barrel Nut · corrodedDURING CLIMB FOR A ROUTINE FLIGHT FROM KGVL TO MYAM, THE CREW REPORTED A "CNTL" CAS MESSAGE AFTER SELECTING LANDING GEAR TO THE UP POSITION. THE CREW PERFORMED THE QRH PROCEDURE AND RECEIVED 3 GREEN DOWN-AND-LOCKED INDICATIONS AND MADE A DIVERSION TO KPDK WITAug 10, 2025 · N493AF · Pilats PC1247E · Nose/Tail Landing GearSDR 6CBA2021080521207Line · out of positionWHILE ENROUTE FROM KPSM TO KACK THE FLIGHT CREW HAD A ENGINE FIRE RED CAS, DIVERTED TO KHYA, THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AND EMERGENCY BUT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF AN ACTUAL FIRE. REPLACEDAug 5, 2021 · N493AF · Pilats PC1247E · Pneumatic Distribution SystemSDR 6CBA2021011921205Terminal · damagedPROBLEM: DURING CLIMB ON FLIGHT FROM KPSM TO KTEB, THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED "PROP DEICE FAIL IN FLIGHT". THE CREW REPORTED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KPSM WHERE THEY LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. RESOLUTION: THE MAINTENANCE CREW IN KPSM COMPLIED WITH THEJan 19, 2021 · N493AF · Pilats PC1247E · Ice/Rain Protection System WiringSDR 6CBA2019050719186Switch · defectiveACS LOW INFLOW (AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM)May 1, 2019 · N493AF · Pilats PC1247E · Cabin Pressure Control SystemSDR 6CBA2017060617163Skin · crackedBOTTOM SIDE OF LEFT FLAP LOWER FORWARD SKIN CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. AT FWD LAP JOINT BETWEEN FLAP RIBS FIVE AND SIX ON THE LOWER SURFACE AND FWD LAP JOINT BETWEEN FLAP RIBS FOUR AND FIVE ON THE LOWER SURFACE. REMOVED DAMAGES, WET INSTALLED DOUBLERS AND FILLERSJun 6, 2017 · N493AF · Pilats PC1247E · Trailing Edge FlapsSDR 6CBA20160112148Proximity Switch · failedRIGHT MAIN GEAR INDICATES FAILURE TO RETRACT. THE ACFT RETURNED WHERE IT LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS THEN FERRIED FOR REPAIRS UNDER SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT DATED 1 13 2016. TROUBLESHOOTING & REPLACEMENT OF THE RT MLG DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH PN Jan 12, 2016 · N493AF · Pilats PC1247E · Landing Gear Position and Warning

STCs that may be installed · 84

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

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