# N779FX: 2025 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: 408-0043
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 19, 2025
- Certificate issued: July 25, 2025
- Expires: July 31, 2032
- Mode S code: AA8B09
- Registered owner: [Federal Express Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FEDERAL%20EXPRESS%20CORP)
- Location: [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0254° N, 89.7893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 38125, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=779FX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N779FX

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 N779FX.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N779FX.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## Service difficulty reports on N779FX not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N779FX, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR COE2003F00003](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/COE2003F00003), Oct 3, 2003: WIRE. BURNED. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM LMT, PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM AVIONICS VENT ON GLARE SHIELD. ELECTRICAL ODOR ACCOMPANIED SMOKE. OXYGEN MASK WAS NOT USED. AIRCRAFT RET

## 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

## 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

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