N779KS1976 Britten-Norman BN-2A-27
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Island Air Charters INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Certificate issued
- Jan 5, 2021
- Expires
- Jan 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 17, 1995
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-27
- Year
- 1976
- Serial number
- 779
- 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
- AA8B68
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 – nowIsland Air Charters INCFt Lauderdale, FL · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 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-27)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-27) |
| 97-22-01 | Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Formerly Britten-Norman) BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series… | Nov 28, 1997 | Airframe (BN-2A-27) |
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.
- Reciprocating engine · retainer · disintegratedOct 4, 2013
PILOT REPORTED THAT ON DOWNWIND, IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT DESTINATION AIRPORT, HEARD A LOUD "POP," AND EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS ON THE LT ENGINE. ALSO NOTICED OIL AND SMOKE COMING OUT OF LT ENGINE COWL. SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND FEATHERED PROPELLER IAW ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST AND LANDED NORMALLY. VISUAL…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · case · damagedOct 4, 2013
PILOT REPORTED THAT ON DOWNWIND IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, HEARD A LOUD "POP", AND AND EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS ON LT ENGINE. NOTICED OIL AND SMOKE COMING OUT OF LT ENGINE COWL. SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND FEATHERED PROPELLER IAW THE ENGINE FAILURE CHECKLIST AND LANDED NORMALLY.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · retaining nut · failedFeb 18, 2011
IN CRUISE FLT, AT 2500 FT AGL & APPROX 15 MILES FROM DESTINATION, PILOT NOTED A SLIGHT VIBRATION ON STARBOARD (RT) ENG FOLLOWED BY A LOUD BANG. IN RESPONSE, PILOT SHUT THE ENG DOWN, AND FEATHERED PROP. AFTER LANDING, THE POST-FLIGHT INSP REVEALED THE NR 3 CYLINDER HEAD PROTRUDING THROUGH THE OTBD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026