N73DW1981 Cessna 425
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- Queen Bee Air Specialties INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Rigby, ID
- Certificate issued
- Oct 5, 2016
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 24, 1981
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
- Cessna
- Model
- 425
- Year
- 1981
- Serial number
- 425-0089
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 12
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A9C912
Engine
- Make and model
- U/A Canada Pt6a Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 715 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2016 – nowQueen Bee Air Specialties INCRigby, ID · current
- 1982 – 1993Co-ownersAlbuquerque, NM · different airframe: Raven S55a S/N S55a895
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-20-25 | The Cessna Aircraft Company Models 401, 401A, 401B, 402, 402A, 402B, 402C, 404, 411… | Nov 9, 2005 | Airframe (425)Certain serial numbers: 401 655; 401 401-0001–401-0322; 401A 655; 401A 401A0001–401A0132; 401B 401B0001–401B0221; 402 402-0001–402-0322; …. Only with: Equipped with an avionics bus circuit breaker switch P/N CM3589-50, 593-250-101, 593-250-102, W31-X2M5A-50, or W31-X1000-50. |
| 98-04-28 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models T303, 310R, T310R, 335, 340A, 402B, 402C, 404, F406, 414… | Mar 13, 1998 | Airframe (425) |
| 97-25-04 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models 208, 208A, 208B, 425, and 441 Airplanes | Jan 21, 1998 | Airframe (425) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
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.
- Propellers · bolt · failedJan 26, 2017
WHILE IN FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION FROM THE RT ENG. AFTER LANDING, INSPECTION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED THAT THE NR 1 BLADE WOULD SPIN FREELY IN THE HUB. AFTER DISASSEMBLY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ACTUATING PIN BOLTS HAD PULLED OUT OF THE BLADE AND THE ACTUATING PIN HAD SEPARATED FROM THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 16, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 16, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026