Twin turboprop

N42E

1985 Beechcraft KING Air 300

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1985
Serial
FA-54
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Oak Street LLC (LLC)
Based
Louisville, KY
Registration record

N42E on the FAA register

Type
1985 Beechcraft KING Air 300
Serial
FA-54
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Registered owner
Oak Street LLC
Louisville, KY
Certificate issued
2013-03-25
Airworthiness date
1986-04-03
Registration expires
2029-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A4F9AA
Mode S (octal)
51174652
Seats (type)
19
Weight class
12,500–19,999 lb
Range (type)
1,600 nm
Cruise (type)
294 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2013-03-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N42E to the current registrant.
  • 1986-04-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1985
    Manufactured (1985).
  • 1937-11-15
    N42E previously assigned to a Kreider-Reisner Challenger C-5 (s/n 181); cancelled.
Overview

About N42E

N42E is a 1985 Beechcraft KING Air 300, serial number FA-54. The FAA register lists Oak Street LLC as the registrant in Louisville, Kentucky. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 25, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A engines and 19 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 294 knots and a range of about 1,600 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 3, 1986.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N42E. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
294 kt
Range
1,600 nm
Power / thrust (each)
680
Takeoff over 50 ft
1,729 ft
Landing over 50 ft
2,138 ft
Fuel burn
128 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

1969-05-14 Accident · Augusta,Ga, 10 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2251
Reported aircraft: Cessna 411 — a different aircraft that carried the N42E registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.