Single-engine turboprop

N8093Z

1989 Shorts Tucano MK1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1989
Serial
T17
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Garrett TPE331-12
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Coastal Defense Inc (Corporation)
Based
Mill Hall, PA
Registration record

N8093Z on the FAA register

Type
1989 Shorts Tucano MK1 (FAA: Short Brothers Plc S312 TUCANO T MK1)
Serial
T17
Engines
Garrett TPE331-12
Registered owner
Coastal Defense Inc
Mill Hall, PA
Certificate issued
2013-05-15
Airworthiness date
2016-12-16
Registration expires
2029-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AB0625
Mode S (octal)
52603045
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-12-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2013-05-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N8093Z to the current registrant.
  • 1989
    Manufactured (1989).
  • 1979-10-12
    N8093Z previously assigned to a Piper Archer II / Archer LX / Archer TX (s/n 28-8090103); cancelled.
Overview

About N8093Z

N8093Z is a 1989 Shorts Tucano MK1 (FAA model S312 TUCANO T MK1), serial number T17. The FAA register lists Coastal Defense Inc as the registrant in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 15, 2013 and expires on May 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Garrett TPE331-12 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated December 16, 2016.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8093Z.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8093Z.

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.