Single-engine turboprop

N817AD

1991 Shorts Tucano MK1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1991
Serial
S117/T88
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Airesearch TPE331 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tucano Air Force LLC (LLC)
Based
Crowley, TX
Registration record

N817AD on the FAA register

Type
1991 Shorts Tucano MK1 (FAA: Short Brothers Plc S312 TUCANO T MK1)
Serial
S117/T88
Engines
Airesearch TPE331 series
Registered owner
Tucano Air Force LLC
Crowley, TX
Certificate issued
2026-04-15
Airworthiness date
2025-12-29
Registration expires
2033-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AB2361
Mode S (octal)
52621541
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-04-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N817AD to the current registrant.
  • 2025-12-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2017-10-02
    N817AD previously assigned to a Bombardier Challenger 604 / Challenger 605 / Challenger 650 (s/n 5931); cancelled.
  • 1991
    Manufactured (1991).
Overview

About N817AD

N817AD is a 1991 Shorts Tucano MK1 (FAA model S312 TUCANO T MK1), serial number S117/T88. The FAA register lists Tucano Air Force LLC as the registrant in Crowley, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 15, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Airesearch TPE331 series 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 N817AD.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N817AD.

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.