Single-engine turboprop

N717AD

1991 Shorts Tucano MK1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1991
Serial
S106/T77
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tucano Air Force LLC (LLC)
Based
Crowley, TX
Registration record

N717AD on the FAA register

Type
1991 Shorts Tucano MK1 (FAA: Short Brothers Plc S312 TUCANO T MK1)
Serial
S106/T77
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Tucano Air Force LLC
Crowley, TX
Certificate issued
2026-06-10
Airworthiness date
2025-12-29
Registration expires
2033-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A99612
Mode S (octal)
52313022
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-06-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N717AD.
  • 2025-12-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1991
    Manufactured (1991).
Overview

About N717AD

N717AD is a 1991 Shorts Tucano MK1 (FAA model S312 TUCANO T MK1), serial number S106/T77. The FAA register lists Tucano Air Force LLC as the registrant in Crowley, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 10, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated December 29, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N717AD.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N717AD.

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.