N257MC1986 Dornier DORNIER 228-202
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Bighorn Airways INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Sheridan, WY
- Certificate issued
- Feb 4, 1999
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 19, 2001
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
- Dornier
- Model
- DORNIER 228-202
- Year
- 1986
- Serial number
- 8102
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 20
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A27295
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tpe331-5-252m
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 750 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1999 – nowBighorn Airways INCSheridan, WY · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (0)
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.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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.
- Landing gear · restrictor valve · leakingJun 3, 2020
THE RESTRICTOR VALVE ASSEMBLY (ATTACHED TO THE SHUTTLE VALVE ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR) BLEW OUT IT'S BODY SEALING O-RING LEADING TO COMPLETE HYDRAULIC FLUID LOSS AFFECTING STEERING, BRAKING AND FLAP ACUATION. THIS HAPPENED ON TAXI FOR FLIGHT. THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · control rod · wornApr 6, 2015
DURING INSPECTION, THE AILERON CONTROL ROD WAS FOUND TO BE WORN APPROX 15% OF THE THICKNESS. THE ROD WAS WORN FROM THE AILERON GUST LOCK SYS & SEEMS ONLY WEAR ON THE PILOTS OTBD SIDE DUE TO A SLIGHT MISALIGNMENT OF THE GUST LOCK.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026