Owner type
Government
Serial number
FF-18
Year built
1988
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Turbo-prop
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
November 21, 1988
Certificate issued
November 25, 1988
Expires
March 31, 2029
Mode S code
AB5600

From the FAA registry file of October 21, 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.

1987In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 39 ADs
19871
19892
19903
19912
19922
19932
19942
19961
19972
19987
19991
20032
20043
20055
20081
20221
20231
20251
See all 39 ADs

Information bulletins that may apply · 10

Advisory, not mandatory.

Historical bulletins · 2

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N83Matched by N-number and event date. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Beech 300 aircraft

FAA incident reports · 2

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date.

Service difficulty reports · 12

Reports filed since March 6, 1961, when this mark’s previous registration was cancelled.

SDR RU3A2021032000008Cabin Pressure · malfunctionedPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM- UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE AIRCRAFT CABIN DURING CLIMBOUT. SWITCH POSITIONS VERIFIED CORRECTLY AND SYSTEM WOULD NOT TEST AFTER LANDING.Mar 20, 2021 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Cabin Pressure Control SystemSDR RU3A20191210073Seal · kinkedAIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRESSURIZE ON CLIMB-OUT. DURING DESCENT, AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED FOR 1 MIN THEN DUMPED. MX SUSPECTED DOOR SEAL TUBING WAS KINKED. SHORTENED DOOR SEAL TUBING. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.Dec 9, 2019 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Passenger/Crew DoorsSDR RU3A20190702029Powerpack · failedLANDING GEAR CB BREAKER POPPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RAISE GEAR. HYDRAULIC POWER PACK WAS REPLACED. QAF FLIGHT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.Jul 2, 2019 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Hydraulic Pump (Electric/Engine), MainSDR RU3A20180228007Longeron · crackedLONGERON CRACKED, DISCOVERED WHILE IN CHECK.Feb 28, 2018 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Fuselage Main, Longeron/StringerSDR RU3A20170627013Line · leakingRT BLEED AIR FAIL ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE FLIGHT. DISCOVERED A PINHOLE LEAK IN EVA LINE FORWARD AND OUTBOARD OF RT WING JACK POINT. LINE WAS REPLACED. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.Jun 27, 2017 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Overheat DetectionSDR RU3A20140211009Skin · dentedLEFT INBD FLAP UPPER TE SKIN CRACKED IAW STC SA01615SE. REPAIRED IAW FIS EO 15-28-11 DATED 2/23/15.Feb 11, 2015 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Trailing Edge FlapsSDR RU3A20140709024Position Switch · out of adjustON INITIAL CLIMB AFTER DEPARTING RNWY 35L FOR A FLIGHT AT APPROX 2,000 MSL, THE RED CABIN DOOR MASTER WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. COPILOT WAS DIRECTED BY THE PIC & PF TO REQUEST A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. ATC ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEQUENCE & AN UNEVENTFUL LANJul 8, 2014 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Door Warning SystemSDR RU3A20140221006Display · faultyDU FAULT DISPLAYED ON PILOTS SIDE UPPER & LOWER EFIS DISPLAYS FOLLOWED BY ODOR IN COCKPIT. THE DISPLAY BEGAN BLANKING OUT.Feb 21, 2014 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Integrated Flight SystemSDR RU3A20140207004Landing Gear · malfunctionedRT MLG FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT. LG CB POPPED RED LIGHT IN GEAR HANDLE REMAINED ON. MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR.Feb 7, 2014 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension SystemSDR RU3A20130108001Unknown · malfunctionedON LANDING IN FLARE, POWER IN IDLE, APPROX 3-5 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT VIOLENTLY YAWED LEFT APPROX 30-40 DEGREES. POWER WAS ADDED AND RUDDER USED TO ALIGN AIRCRAFT WITH RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED ONCE. UPON INSPECTION AFTER LANDING, Jan 3, 2013 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Flight Control SystemSDR RU3A1016Windshield · failedAPPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES FROM DEPARTURE AT 16,000 FEET, THERE WAS A LOUD GUNSHOT LIKE NOISE. THE FRONT RIGHT WINDSCREEN SHATTERED. REQUESTED A RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FROM ATC. BEGAN A DESCENT TO 9,500 FEET AND PERFORMED ABNORMAL SHATTERED WINDSHIELD CHMar 26, 2010 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Flight Compartment WindowsSDR RU3A99012Indicator · inoperativeTHE CREW REPORTED THE PILOTS EFHSI IND FLICKERED THEN TURNED OFF WITH THE SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE JUST BEFORE IT WENT OUT. TRIED TO COPY TO THE CO-PILOTS EFHSI AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. REPLACED THE PILOTS EFHSI AND THE SYSTEM CHECKED FINE ON THE GROUNov 18, 1999 · N83 · Beech 300BEECH · Integrated Flight System

Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2

These aircraft carried N83 before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.