# N78BQ: 2025 Epic E1000

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Epic E1000](https://openairdocs.org/model/epic-e1000) (registry code 3390119, 6 seats)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (registry code 52207)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A00059SE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A00059SE) (Epic Aircraft LLC), [TCDS E26NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E26NE) (Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: K091
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, utility
- Airworthiness date: July 31, 2025
- Certificate issued: September 30, 2025
- Expires: September 30, 2032
- Mode S code: AA8E55
- Registered owners: [Basden Steel Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BASDEN%20STEEL%20CORP), [Big B Crane LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BIG%20B%20CRANE%20LLC), [Gt Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GT%20SALES%20INC), [Basden Bruce P](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BASDEN%20BRUCE%20P)
- Location: [Burleson, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Burleson)
- Owner type: Co-owned, fractional ownership
- Owner's area on the map: 32.5325° N, 97.3064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76028, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78BQ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78BQ

From the FAA registry file of October 27, 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): 3 in force

### Matched by airframe (Epic E1000)

- [AD 2023-20-07](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-20-07): TE Flap Control System · Epic E1000. Effective Nov 22, 2023

### Matched by engine (Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A)

- [AD 2024-04-51](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2024-04-51): Turbine Section · Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64, PT6A-66, PT6A-66A and 17 more. Effective Mar 28, 2024
- [AD 97-04-12](https://openairdocs.org/ad/97-04-12): Compressor Bleed-off Valve · Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-11, PT6A-110, PT6A-112 and 52 more. Effective Mar 14, 1997

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N78BQ.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N78BQ.

## 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 N78BQ not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N78BQ, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR 9JLA2023012010491](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9JLA2023012010491), Jan 16, 2023: SOLENOID. DEFECTIVE. FLIGHT CREW REPORTED THAT DURING PREFLIGHT CHECKS THE MAIN CABIN ENTRY DOOR UNLOCK LIGHT WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. THE MAINTENANCE TEAM TROUBLESHOT AND DETERMINED T

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (3)

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 (Epic E1000)

- [STC SA04837NY](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA04837NY): Installation of AeroLED's Holdings, LLC., position lights, navigation lights, strobe lights and beacon lights. AeroLED's Holdings, LLC

### Approved for the engine (Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A)

- [STC SE00022EN](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE00022EN): Installation of Oil Tank Filler Neck Check Valve. Helicopter Support Inc Services Div
- [STC SE659NE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE659NE): Installation of oil tank filler neck check valve, P/N TSA-76A. Aviation Components Support

## Related

- Other Epic E1000 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/epic-e1000/aircraft.md
- The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a.md

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