N409VADornier DORNIER 228-202
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Zeroavia INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Hollister, CA
- Certificate issued
- Aug 9, 2022
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 19, 1988
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
- Serial number
- 8097
- 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
- A4CFEC
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tpe331 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 600 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2022 – nowZeroavia INCHollister, CA · 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 (4)
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.
- Hydraulic power · hose · chafedMay 3, 2016
AFTER GEAR EXTENSION NWS, NOSE WHEEL STEERING, BYPASS ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INDICATED 0 BAR. AFTER INSPECTION FOUND NWS HYD LINE CHAFED, CAUSING LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. R & R SAID LINE IAW DO-228, AMM 32-20-01. TIMES AND CYCLES ON HOSE ARE UNKNOWN.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · uplock · malfunctionedApr 6, 2013
AFTER SELECTING GEAR UP, GEAR INTRANSIT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND PUMP PRESSURE ZERO. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT MLG UPLOCK IAW DO228 AMM 32-30-10. OPS CHECK GOOD.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · fabric · missingMar 30, 2013
UPPER LEFT FABRIC OF ELEVATOR MISSING WAS DETECTED ON POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND. REMOVED AND REPLACED LEFT ELEVATOR IAW DO228 AMM 55-20-00 OPS CHECK GOOD. NOTE: APPROXIMATE TIME SINCE RECOVERING FOR LEFT ELEVATOR 952.3 FLIGHT HOURS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Landing gear · tire · failedOct 12, 2010
FOUND LT AND RT NOSE WHEEL AND TIRE ASSY DAMAGED.
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