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Beech F17D · Clear Lake, MN
N285D is a Beech F17D (serial 256), registered to Leaders Bob (individual) in Clear Lake, MN. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires October 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from December 1958 (67 years ago). It carries a Jacobs L6 engine rated at 330 hp, the engine on 80% of registered Beech F17Ds. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A2E0D9. It is one of 15 Beech F17D aircraft on the FAA registry. Leaders Bob holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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12 of the 15 registered Beech F17D carry this engine (80%), across 4 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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