N918HY2000 Aviat A-1B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Bumble Bee Air INC
- Owner type
- Non Citizen Corporation
- City, state
- Menlo Park, CA
- Certificate issued
- Dec 15, 2014
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 16, 2000
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
- Aviat
- Model
- A-1B
- Year
- 2000
- Serial number
- 2085
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- ACB529
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-360-A1d
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2014 – nowBumble Bee Air INCMenlo Park, 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 (1)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-16-06 | Horizontal Stabilizer Structure | Sep 1, 2020 | Airframe (A-1B) |
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.
- Ignition · gearshaft · brokenApr 11, 2017
MAGNETO FAILED IN FLIGHT, FLIGHT WAS MADE TO THE AIRPORT ON THE REMAINING MAGNETO. THE AFFECTED MAGNETO, OLD TYPE LONG COIL TAB, NO SPARK LADDER IN BLOCK. THE FAILURE WAS A BROKEN DRIVE GEAR SHAFT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POINTS CAM SLOT. THIS RESULTED IN THE SMALL DRIVE GEAR FALLING INTO THE POINTS…
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