- Registered owner
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Owner type
- Government
- Serial number
- FF-16
- Year built
- 1988
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- November 28, 1993
- Certificate issued
- October 26, 1988
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- AB0702
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 N81Matched 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 · 1
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Service difficulty reports · 11
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR RU3A2020101600033Control Handle · failedLANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, CYCLED HANDLE GEAR CAME DOWN. CORRECTION: REMOVED AND REPLACED LANDING GEAR HANDLE ASSEMBLY.SDR RU3A20191216076Uplock Switch · failedRED LIGHT IN CONTROL GEAR HANDLE. DEFECTIVE LEFT UPLOCK SWITCH DISCOVERED.SDR RU3A20180216004Skin · corrodedAFT CABIN LOWER SKIN CORRODED.SDR RU3A20171116042Frame · crackedCRACKS FOUND IN THE LOWER CABIN STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF FRAME BS 207 DISCOVERED DURING MAINTENANCE C-CHECK.SDR RU3A20170111001Hydraulic System · failedHYDRAULIC FLUID LOW ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT. LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AS A PRECAUTION. BOTH MAINS INDICATED GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED, NOSE GEAR WAS UNSAFE, NO GREEN INDICATOR. LANDING GEAR PUMP USED TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR MANUALLY. ALL THREE GEAR INDICATSDR RU3A20131105011Skin · delaminatedDELAMINATION DISCOVERED IN LT WING FUEL BAY UPPER SKIN PANEL. REPAIRED IAW AD 89-19-04 R1.SDR RU3A2014081206001Skin · corrodedAN ENGINEERING ORDER WAS CREATED & COMPLIED WITH, TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS TO REPAIR. LOCALIZED, SEVERE BELLY SKIN CORROSION UNDER MARKER BEACON ANTENNA DOUBLER.SDR RU3A1019Shaft Seal · cutIN CRUISE AT 17,000 FT CREW MEMBER NOTICED OIL COMING OUT OF NUMBER 2 ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE WAS FLUCTUATING BELOW 60 PSI. ENGINE WAS SHUT AND CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE FOUND PROP SHAFT SEAL CUT P/N AS 3209-041.SDR RU3A1005Windshield · crackedAT FL230 HEARD NOISE LIKE A PISTOL SHOT. FRONT RIGHT WINDSCREEN SHATTERED. CREW DONNED O2 MASKS AND IMMEDIATELY INITIATED MAX DESCENT TO 5000 FT.SDR RU3A96004Blower Motor · failedTHE CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE CABIN SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING THE PEORIA, ILL AIRPORT. THEY IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE AVIONICS EQUIPMENT CABINET AUX AIR CONDITIONING SDR RU3A95004Blower Motor · failedCREW NOTICED A BURNING SMELL FROM WITHIN THE AVIONICS COMPARTMENT INSIDE THE CABIN. SUSPECTING THE AUXILIARY AIR CONDITIONING AFT EVAPORATOR BLOWER MOTOR, DEACTIVATED THE MOTOR WITH THE SWITCH IN THE COCKPIT. MAINTENANCE FOUND MOTOR HAD OVERHEATED AND BRUSHE
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 N81 before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.