light jet
N488BBeech 400A (certified family)
Registration record
N488B on the FAA register
- Type
- Beech 400A (certified family)
- Serial
- RK-427
- Engines
- 2 engines
- Registered owner
- VCV Texas LLC, Boerne, TX, US
- Certificate issued
- 2025-04-29
- Airworthiness date
- 2014-06-17
- Registration expires
- 2032-04-30
- Mode S (hex)
- A6066A
- Status
- Current as of October 2026
Overview
N488B is a Beech 400A (certified family), serial number RK-427. The FAA records the ownership type as co-ownership. The named registrant is VCV Texas LLC. Fractional ownership is not specified in the supplied FAA record.
Registry facts
The FAA records the manufacturer as RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY and the model as 400A. The type certificate listed for this record is FAA A16SW (Beech 400A). Its recorded airworthiness date is June 17, 2014. The certificate of registration was issued on April 29, 2025. An earlier use of N488B identified a 1957 Beech D-50, with cancellation recorded on December 7, 2012. This was a different aircraft.
Type reference
The aircraft's category is light jet. The certified family does not establish a marketed variant or installed cabin completion. The supplied type specifications give an engine count of 2, without identifying an engine model.
Data: Radar, FAA aircraft registry file of 2026-10-09.
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