_at_Luis_Munoz_Marin_International.jpg)
Short Bros SD3-60
N221LM is a Short Bros SD3-60, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1987. It has 39 seats. It is registered to Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii INC, a corporation in Honolulu, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 1, 2009 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 29, 2001.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now checking the live feed…
Checking the volunteer receiver network for a recent position…
Aircraft broadcast their own position; volunteer receivers pool what they hear. Owners who have asked the FAA not to be displayed are not shown.
Flight history: where it flew in the last seven days · follow it on the live map
Aircraft
- Maker
- Short Bros
- Model
- SD3-60 · all SD3-60s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Short Bros SD3 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- SH3722
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · U/A Canada PT6A SERIES · 715 hp
- Seats
- 39
- Year built
- 1987
- Transponder code
- A1E5BE (octal 50362676)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 1, 2009
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- September 27, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 29, 2001
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00133961
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 29239
Honolulu, HI 96820-1639
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N221LM links to the rest of the register
- Short Bros SD3 41 registered
- Short Bros 66 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii · charter operator
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A series 181 aircraft with this engine series · 715 hp
- Trans Executive Airlines Of Hawaii INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Honolulu, HI 237 aircraft registered in this town
- Daniel K Inouye International · HNL
- Hawaii 695 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Short Bros SD3 88 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Short Bros SD3 318 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Short Bros SD3 60 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A series 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A series 5 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Pump, failed · 2023-08-16
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N221LM.json.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N221LM, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Trans Executive Airlines of Hawaii INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 1, 2009, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 29, 2001, 14 years after the 1987 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial SH3722 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N221LM according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N221LM: Accident on June 11, 2025 at Honolulu, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 30, 2015 at Kapolei, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Short Bros SD3-60 · operated under 135
The pilots’ failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ failure to complete the Before Landing checklist.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Short Bros SD3 60 · operated under 091
The pilots’ failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ failure to complete the Before Landing checklist.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data