turboprop
N196B2019 Beechcraft King Air 350
Registration record
N196B on the FAA register
- Type
- 2019 Beechcraft King Air 350
- Serial
- FM-79
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
- Registered owner
- Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, US
- Certificate issued
- 2021-04-27
- Airworthiness date
- 2019-03-27
- Registration expires
- 2028-04-30
- Mode S (hex)
- A17E8E
- Status
- Current as of October 2026
- Rough value range
- $4.60M to $12.0M
From manufacturer-published new prices of comparable 2100 shp twin turboprops, depreciated for age.
Aircraft and registration
N196B is a Beechcraft King Air 350 built in 2019, serial number FM-79. 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 TEXTRON AVIATION INC and the model as B300C. The current FAA record gives an airworthiness date of March 27, 2019. Its certificate of registration was issued on April 27, 2021.
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 N196B belonged to a 1972 Beech A100; that other aircraft's registration was cancelled on August 23, 1974.
Data: Radar, FAA aircraft registry file of 2026-10-09.
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