Britten-Norman BN-2A
N866JA is a Britten-Norman BN-2A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Mcphillips Flying Service INC, a corporation in Beaver Island, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2012 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 24, 1970.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Britten-Norman
- Model
- BN-2A · all BN-2As 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 Britten-Norman BN-2 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
- 185
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 137 mph
- Transponder code
- ABE5EA (octal 52762752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 27, 2012
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 24, 1970
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00572411
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcphillips Flying Service 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
- 36026 Melody Ln
Beaver Island, MI 49782
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N866JA links to the rest of the register
- Britten-Norman BN-2 54 registered
- Britten-Norman 51 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Mcphillips Flying Service INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Beaver Island, MI 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Beaver Island Airport · SJX
- Welke Airport · 6Y8
- Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Britten-Norman BN-2 66 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Britten-Norman BN-2 90 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Britten-Norman BN-2 162 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N866JA, 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 Mcphillips Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 27, 2012, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 24, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 185 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N866JA 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]
1 NTSB record under N866JA: Accident on November 13, 2021 at Beaver Island, MI: fatal, substantial damage (4 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Britten-Norman BN-2A · operated under 135
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data