N161V2011 Beechcraft King Air 350

Aircraft and registration

N161V is a Beechcraft King Air 350 built in 2011, serial number FM-52. The FAA record names Department of Homeland Security as the registrant and records the ownership type as government or public body. The FAA lists the manufacturer as HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP and the model as B300C. The current FAA record gives an airworthiness date of December 12, 2011. Its certificate of registration was issued on June 5, 2014.

Type and registration-number history

The aircraft is classified as a turboprop, with ICAO type designator B350. The supplied certification reference is FAA TCDS A24CE (Beech B300 / B300C). Published type specifications list 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A engines and a ceiling of 35,000 feet. These published type figures do not establish the equipment installed in this particular airframe. An earlier use of N161V belonged to a Douglas DC3C; that other aircraft's registration was cancelled on January 11, 1972. An earlier use of N161V belonged to a Travel Air A-6000-A; that other aircraft's registration was cancelled on August 31, 1934.