N263MC1987 Dornier DORNIER 228-202
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Bighorn Airways INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Sheridan, WY
- Certificate issued
- Jan 25, 1999
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Forest
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 15, 1999
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
- 1987
- Serial number
- 8141
- 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
- A28B38
Engine
- Make and model
- Alliedsign Tpe331-12uhr
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 1100 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 (3)
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.
- Fire protection · fire warning · false activationFeb 19, 2016
AFTER CONFIRMING A BLEED AIR SEAL COUPLING LEAK ON SDR BIGA20160114-001, THE ACFT FIRE DETECTION SYS WAS GND TESTED NORMAL. A TEST FLIGHT WAS REQUESTED, DURING THE FLIGHT THE LT FIRE DETECTION FLICKERED. AGAIN THE SYS WAS TESTED ON THE GND & COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, THE ENG FIRE LOOPS WERE SWAPPED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Pneumatic · seal · wornJan 11, 2016
PILOT WAS PERFORMING A NIGHT CURRENCY FLIGHT, AS HE BEGAN HIS FINAL APPROACH THE LT ENG FIRE WARNING CAME ON. THE PILOT PULLED BACK POWER & THE FIRE LIGHT WENT OUT BELOW 40% TORQUE. PUSHING THE POWER UP CAUSED THE LIGHT TO COME BACK ON. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED THE ACFT, NO…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · rib · crackedJul 11, 2002
CRACKS FOUND ON RIB NR 12 ON RIGHT SIDE AND RIB NR 13 ON LEFT SIDE. LT RIB CRACKED THROUGH 4 RIVETS HOLES ON TOP SKIN, LENGTH OF CRACK WAS 5 INCHES. RT RIB CRACKED THROUGH 1 RIVET HOLE, LENGTH OF CRACK WAS 2 INCHES. CRACKS WERE FOUND DURING COMPLIANCE WITH AD 2001-21-01 AND DORNIER SB228-234.
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