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Britten-norman BN-2A-27 · 1976 · Ft Lauderdale, FL
N779KS is a 1976 Britten-norman BN-2A-27 (serial 779), registered to Island Air Charters Inc (corporation) in Ft Lauderdale, FL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from November 1995 (30 years ago). It carries 2 Lycoming 0-540 SERIES engines rated at 250 hp each (500 hp total), the engine on 80% of registered Britten-norman BN-2A-27s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AA8B68. It is one of 5 Britten-norman BN-2A-27 aircraft on the FAA registry. Island Air Charters Inc holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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4 of the 5 registered Britten-norman BN-2A-27 carry this engine (80%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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