# N208AR: 2017 Textron 208B, registration cancelled 2025-08-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 21, 2025
- Exported to: Kenya
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Textron 208B](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-208b) (registry code 2073712)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (registry code 51499)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A37CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A37CE), [TCDS E4EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E4EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 208B5401
- Year built: 2017
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 30, 2017
- Certificate issued: July 25, 2025
- Last registry action: July 25, 2025
- Mode S code: A1AFCB
- Owner when cancelled: [Africair Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AFRICAIR%20INC)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 25.6544° N, 80.4122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33186, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208AR
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=208AR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208AR-2025-08-21

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Textron 208B: https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-208b.md

## Service difficulty reports (4)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2021FA0000383](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2021FA0000383), Feb 4, 2021: NONE. INOPERATIVE. PILOT REPORTS FUEL INDICATION IS HIGH. OPS TESTED AND FOUND FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER AT FAULT. COMPLIED WITH R&R OF FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER. AIRCRAFT OK FOR RTS.
- [SDR 2020FA0000537](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2020FA0000537), Jun 2, 2020: ROD END BEARING. DRY. PILOT REPORTS PROPELLER CONTROLS DIFFICULT TO MOVE INTO BETA. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND ENGINE CONTROL RODS NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND LUBRICATED. ONCE LUBRIC
- [SDR 2020FA0000223](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2020FA0000223), Apr 21, 2020: PULLEY. FAILED. PIC REPORTED ALTERNATOR FAIL MESSAGE APPEARED. PIC MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING IN HORSESHOE BAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND ALTERNATOR BELT NO LONGER RIDING ON PULLEY 
- [SDR 9PMA2020042700008](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9PMA2020042700008), Dec 17, 2019: BRACKET. FAILED. PIC REPORTS SLIGHT VIBRATION FELT ON LANDING IN COLLEGE STATION. ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN PILOT REPORTS EXHAUST DUCT BRACKET HAD CRACKED. NO FURTHER DAMAGE C

## Other aircraft with N208AR

- [Cancelled 2004-09-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208AR-2004-09-21): Cessna 208B, S/N 208B0942, built 2002. Exported to Australia. Owner: [M C R Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/M%20C%20R%20AVIATION%20INC), [Carroll, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Carroll)

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