light jet

N8EC2002 Beech 400A (certified family)

Registration record

N8EC on the FAA register

Type: 2002 Beech 400A (certified family)
Serial: RK-348
Engines: 2 × P&W Canada JT15D-5
Registered owner: Ely Aviation LLC, Cartersville, GA, US
Certificate issued: 2024-02-07
Airworthiness date: 2002-11-19
Registration expires: 2031-02-28
Mode S (hex): AADD92
Status: Current as of October 2026
Rough value range: $1.40M to $3.20M

From Radar's listing-based estimates for business jets of similar engine thrust and age.

Overview

N8EC is a Beech 400A (certified family) built in 2002, serial number RK-348. The FAA records the ownership type as llc. The named registrant is Ely Aviation 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 November 19, 2002. The certificate of registration was issued on February 7, 2024. An earlier use of N8EC identified a 1976 Bellanca 8GCBC, with cancellation recorded on July 6, 1978. 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 list 2 P&W Canada JT15D-5 engines, rated at 2965 lbf each. These type-level engine entries do not verify the engines installed on this airframe.

Representative Hawker 400XP cabin looking forward through a compact seven-seat completion; actual interiors vary.

Registry history

1978-07-06
Earlier use of the number: N8EC was assigned to another aircraft, a 1976 Bellanca 8GCBC. That registration was cancelled on this date.
2002-11-19
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
2024-02-07
Certificate of registration issued as N8EC.

The type's specs, cabin and price by year: Beech 400A (certified family).