N131JL1970 Britten-Norman BN-2A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Islander Holdings Ltd
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Certificate issued
- May 4, 2021
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 3, 1971
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Britten-Norman
- Model
- BN-2A
- Year
- 1970
- Serial number
- 225
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A07FBB
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-540 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 250 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2021 – nowIslander Holdings LtdFort Lauderdale, FL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (3)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | Landing Gear System | Mar 11, 2025 | Airframe (BN-2A)Only with: Fitted with Fairey Hydraulics Ltd or Britten-Norman Aircraft landing gear and associated landing gear components. |
| 2024-08-03 | Flight Control System Wiring | Jun 3, 2024 | Airframe (BN-2A) |
| 97-22-01 | Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Formerly Britten-Norman) BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series… | Nov 28, 1997 | Airframe (BN-2A) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Ignition · bearing · wornAug 31, 2006
ON SCHEDULED INSPECTION FOUND VERY SMALL METAL PARTICLES IN OIL FILTER, NONE FOUND IN FINGER SCREEN. REMOVED ENGINE AND SEND FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR. AFTER COMPLETION OF ENGINE TEAR DOWN EVERYTHING WAS WITHIN SPECS BUT THE LT MAGNETO DRIVE GEAR BEARING WORN. THE ENGINE DID NOT NEED TO BE TORN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · control rod · damagedJun 21, 2006
AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE RUDDER HAD TO MUCH PLAY IN FLIGHT. HE LANDED AND TAXIED BACK IN. UPON INSPECTION THE RUDDER CONTROL ROD WAS FOUND TO BE DAMAGED, FROM A WIND STORM THE NIGHT BEFORE. TO PREVENT REOCCURANCE, THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER SHOULD BE LOCKED IN PLACE AFTER EACH FLIGHT.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026