- Registered owner
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Owner type
- Government
- Serial number
- FF-13
- Year built
- 1988
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- January 5, 1994
- Certificate issued
- October 7, 1988
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- AA8E2C
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 35
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1987 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
See all 39 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 10
Advisory, not mandatory.
Historical bulletins · 2
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N78Matched 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 Beech 300 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N78Matched 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 Beech 300 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 14
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR RU3A20200625028Warning Message · illuminatedLEFT BLEED AIR FAIL. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED ON DESCENT.SDR RU3A201805218017Skin · crackedCRACK IN THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN. PERFORMED MAJOR REPAIR EO 18-28-31.SDR RU3A20171006033Brake · wornAIRCRAFT BRAKES, EXCESSIVE PEDAL PRESSURE REQUIRED TO STOP AIRCRAFT. ALL FOUR MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WORN TO OR BEYOND LIMITS. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LG BRAKE ASSEMBLIES.SDR RU3A20170918028Servo · out of adjustAUTOPILOT MADE UN-COMMANDED MOMENTARY PITCH INPUTS AT FL230 AND THEN AGAIN AT 4000'MSL. FOUND ELEVATOR TRIM SERVO CLUTCH SLIPPING-OUT OF TOLERANCE. ADJUSTED THE SERVO CLUTCH TO MAINTENANCE MANUAL SPECS.SDR RU3A20170721018Eva Tube · chafedLT BL AIR FAIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED INFLIGHT. FOUND HOLE IN EVA TUBING CAUSED BY RUBBING AGAINST AIR CONDITIONER LINE. NO TREND NOTEDSDR RU3A20170628014Tube · disconnectedRIGHT BLEED AIR FAIL ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. EVA TUBE WAS FOUND TO BE DISCONNECTED. SECURED THE EVA TUBE WITH NO FURTHER ACTIONS REQUIRED.SDR RU3A201205210006Line · leakingWHILE IN FLIGHT, CREWMEMBER NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM OVAL ACCESS PANEL ABOVE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE FUEL TANK. LEAK WAS NOT EXCESSIVE, DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND. MAINTENANCE REMOVED RIGHT NACELLE TANK PANEL, CLEANED FUEL FROM AREA, TIGHTENED HOSE CLAMPS AND VSDR RU3A1014Filter · dirtyAFTER COMPLETION OF PAR FIFTY (50) FOOT RECORDED RUN, POWER APPLIED AND CLIMB TO ASSIGNED HEADING (360 DEGREES) AND ALTITUDE (3000 MSL) INITIATED. LANDING GEAR RETRACTED WITH POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB AND APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES NOSE UP ATTITUDE. UPON REACHINGSDR RU3A0910Steering Sys · lack of lubeAFTER TAKEOFF RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL VERY STIFF. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DURING FLIGHT. GREASED NOSE STEERING. PLACED NOSE ON JACK AND CHECKED FOR DISCREPANCIES ON STEERING AND RUDDER CONTROL. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. NO BINDING NOTICED.SDR SUPRU3A0612Governor · malfunctionedON FINAL, RWY 23 AT KBTL. WHEN POWER LEVERS BROUGHT TO IDLE, AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT. SUSPECT RIGHT PROP STAYED IN FLIGHT IDLE AND LEFT PROP WENT TO GROUND IDLE. GO-AROUND ACCOMPLISHED. PULLED PROP GOV TEST CB, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.SDR RU3A0612Governor · malfunctionedON FINAL, RWY23 AT KBTL, WHEN POWER LEVERS BROUGHT TO IDLE, AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT. SUSPECT RIGHT PROP STAYED IN FLIGHT IDLE AND LEFT PROP WENT TO GROUND IDLE. GO-AROUND ACCOMPLISHED. PULLED PROP GOV TEST CB, LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. CLEANED REVERSING CABLE AND RSDR RU3A0610Unknown · unknownON SHORT FINAL HEARD SOUND OF PROPS GOING INTO GROUND FINE. FELT YAWING MOTION. APPLIED POWER, WENT AROUND.SDR RU32002F00000Smoke · detectedON TURN FOR NDB APPROACH, TECH REPORTED (ELECTRONIC BURNING SMELL). NOTED BY ALL CREW. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED ICT. ON EVAC, NOTED LIGHT BLUE SMOKE FROM PORT SIDE EQUIPMENT RACK. FIRE DEPT UNABLE TO PINPOINT SOURCE. AN FBO, INVESTIGATED BUT FOUND NOSDR RU3A99006Switch · failedOKC - AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MIN INTO FLIGHT, LANDING GEAR INADVERTENTLY EXTENDED. REPLACED LANDING GEAR SWITCH AND LEFT SQUAT SWITCH. FLIGHT TEST SATISFACTORY.
STCs that may be installed · 322
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Beech 300
STC SA01800SEFabrication and installation of new or replacement of existing instrument panel lights dimmer control.STC SA01861SEFabrication and installation of Landing Light ControllerSTC SA02658LAReplacement of the original Pratt and Whitney PT6A-60A engines and propellers with Pratt and Whitney PT6A-67A engines and MT Propeller MTV-27-1-N-C-F-R(P)/CFR260-65b propellers
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2
These aircraft carried N78 before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.