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Britten-norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER · 1979 · Vieques, PR
N863VL is a 1979 Britten-norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER (serial 2019), registered to Vieques Air Link (corporation) in Vieques, PR. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from December 1989 (36 years ago). It carries 2 Lycoming 0-540 SERIES engines rated at 250 hp each (500 hp total), the engine on 62% of registered Britten-norman BN2A-26 ISLANDERs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABDBE2. It is one of 14 Britten-norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER aircraft on the FAA registry.
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8 of the 13 registered Britten-norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER carry this engine (62%), across 5 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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