Type Record · As of May 3, 2026
PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21
Fixed Wing Multi Engine · LYCOMING IO-540 SER
Registered
4
Year Range
1979–1988
NTSB Events
0
Airworthiness Directives
17
Aircraft Resources
01 / Distribution
Where the fleet lives and was built
Counts of currently-registered PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21 aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.
By State (top 10)
- LA 25.0% 1
- FL 25.0% 1
- ID 25.0% 1
- WY 25.0% 1
By Decade of Manufacture
- 1970s 25.0% 1
- 1980s 50.0% 2
- Unknown 25.0% 1
02 / NTSB Records
Events involving PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21 aircraft
No NTSB-recorded events match PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21 in the indexed corpus.
03 / Airworthiness Directives
FAA directives applicable to PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21
17 directive(s) on file. Showing the most recent 17.
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Dec 16, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2 and BN2A Mk. III Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman (Pilatus Britten-Norman) Limited BN-2 and BN2A Mk. III series airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the universal joints on the pilot's and co-pilot's control column to determine the diameter of the shaft and repla…
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Nov 1, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the bottom corner of the engine mount bracket for cracks and replace any cracke…
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Sep 18, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2 and BN2A Mk. III Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Pilatus Britten-Norman (Pilatus Britten- Norman) Limited BN-2 and BN2A Mk. III series airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to inspect the universal joints on the pilot's and co-pilot's control column to determine the di…
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Aug 22, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to repetitively inspect the bottom corner of the engine mount bracket for crack…
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Feb 12, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten- Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the inboard brackets of the elevator outboard hinge for loose rivets, structural damage,…
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Feb 12, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect certain oleo attachment brackets for cracks and replace any cracked bracket fou…
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Jan 22, 2002
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, BN-2T-4, and BN2A MK. III Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN- 2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, BN-2T-4, and BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the throttle friction- shaft and replace the shaft if damaged. This AD i…
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Nov 28, 2001
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to repetitively inspect the inboard brackets of the elevator outboard hinge for loose…
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Nov 23, 2001
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Limited (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, and BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to repetitively inspect certain oleo attachment brackets for cracks and rep…
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Nov 7, 2001
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, BN-2T-4, and BN2A MK. III Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, BN-2T, BN-2T-4, and BN2A MK. III series airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to repetitively inspect the throttle friction-shaft; and replace the…
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Aug 27, 1998
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN- 2A, BN-2B, and BN-2A MK. 111 Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (PBN) BN-2, BN-2A, BN- 2B, and BN-2A MK. 111 series airplanes that are equipped with a PBN Modification NB/M/256, 50A generator system. This AD requires inspecting the airplanes that are equipped with a 50A gen…
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Aug 7, 1998
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN- 2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN- 2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. This AD requires replacing the attachment bolts, nuts and washers of the lower fitting of the main landing gear (MLG), and adjusting the tor…
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Jun 9, 1998
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN- 2A, BN-2B, and BN-2A MK.III Series Airplanes.
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (PBN) BN- 2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2A MK.III series airplanes that are equipped with a PBN Modification NB/M/256, 50A generator system. The proposed action would require inspecting the airplanes th…
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May 28, 1998
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN- 2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This document proposes to revise an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) that would have required replacing the washers on the attachment bolts of the lower fitting of the main landing gear (MLG) on certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. Th…
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Mar 19, 1998
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. BN-2, BN- 2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to certain Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2, BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. The proposed AD would require replacing the washers on the attachment bolts of the lower fitting of the main landing gear (…
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Oct 21, 1997
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Formerly Britten-Norman) BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive that applies to Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten-Norman) BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. This AD requires repetitively inspecting the junction of the torque link lug and upper case of the main landing gear (MLG) torque link assemblies for cracks…
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May 27, 1997
Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Formerly Britten-Norman) BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T Series Airplanes
This document proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive that would apply to Pilatus Britten-Norman Ltd. (Pilatus Britten- Norman) BN-2A, BN-2B, and BN-2T series airplanes. The proposed AD would require repetitively inspecting the junction of the torque link lug and upper case of the main landing gear (MLG) torqu…
04 / Type Certificate Data Sheets
FAA TCDS for PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21
The TCDS is the legal certification document — weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, operating limitations. 1 match in the FAA catalog.
- A17EU Historical Rev 26 · 12/17/2025
Britten-Norman Aerospace Ltd.
Models: BN-2A-2, BN-2A-9, BN-2B-20, BN-2A-26 + 14 more
06 / Supplemental Type Certificates
Modifications approved for PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21
111 STCs on file — every FAA-approved modification, alteration, or installation for this aircraft. STOL kits, avionics, fuel systems, floats, engine swaps, you name it.
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03/03/2026
STC SA02511SE
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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07/24/2025
STC SA02511SE
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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07/21/2025
STC SA02511SE
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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08/27/2024
STC SA04837NY
Installation of AeroLED's Holdings, LLC., position lights, navigation lights, strobe lights and beacon lights
AeroLED's Holdings, LLC
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06/13/2024
STC SA02511SE
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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06/13/2024
STC SA02511SE (1 OF 3)
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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06/13/2024
STC SA02511SE (1 OF 2)
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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02/02/2024
STC SA02658SE (1 OF 2)
Installation of Garmin GI 275 Multi-Function Display System
Garmin International Inc.
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12/12/2023
STC SA02571SE (PAGE 1)
Installation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).
Garmin International Inc.
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05/22/2023
STC SA01435LA
Installation of engines modified with Firewall Forward Technologies LLC modified camshaft
Centri-Lube Technologies LLC
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12/06/2022
STC SA00076IB
Installation of Photo luminescent Safety Systems
STG AEROSPACE GERMANY GmbH
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07/06/2022
STC SA02203AK (PAGE 3)
Installation of FlightLogic Synthetic Vision Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS-SV).
Genesys Aerosystems Inc.
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06/16/2022
STC SA02254AK
Installation of "Single Screen", "2 or 3 Screen", "Dual Screen", or "4 or 6 screen"
Genesys Aerosystems Inc.
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06/06/2022
STC SA02203AK (PAGE 3)
Installation of FlightLogic Synthetic Vision Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS-SV).
Genesys Aerosystems Inc.
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02/02/2022
STC SA02571SE (PAGE 1)
Installation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).
Garmin International Inc
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09/01/2021
STC SA11174SC PAGE 1
Installation of BendixKing by Honeywell KSN 770 and KSN 765 WAAS LPV approach capable nav/comm systems
Honeywell International Inc (Bendix King)
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07/09/2021
STC SA02571SE (PAGE 1)
Installation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).
Garmin International Inc
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06/14/2021
STC SA02658SE (1 OF 2)
Installation of Garmin GI 275 Multi-Function Display System
Garmin International Inc
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06/09/2021
STC SA00401BO (PAGE 1)
Installation of a SkyTrax100B UAT receiver
Avidyne Corporation
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10/29/2020
STC SA02511SE (1 OF 3)
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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07/17/2020
STC SA10236SC (1 OF 4)
Installation of a GDC 31 Roll Steering Converter
DAC International Inc
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07/17/2020
STC SA10236SC (1 OF 4)
Installation of a GDC 31 Roll Steering Converter
DAC International Inc
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01/13/2020
STC SA02658SE (1 OF 2)
Installation of Garmin GI 275 Multi-Function Display System
Garmin International Inc
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09/09/2019
STC SA01714WI (1 OF 2)
Installation of a Garmin transponders: (a) GTX 330/330D/33/33D with ADS-B Out functionality; (b) GTX 335/335R/345/345R with ADS-B Out and In functionality; or (c) GTX 335R/345R wit…
Garmin International Inc
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07/24/2019
STC SA02511SE (1 OF 2)
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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06/19/2019
STC SA00344BO PAGE 1
Installation of Parmetheus Plus LED PAR36 and PAR46 taxi and landing lights.
Whelen Aerospace Technologies
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04/23/2019
STC SA00401BO (PAGE 1)
Installation of a SkyTrax100B UAT receiver
Avidyne Corporation
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12/12/2018
STC SA02511SE
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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10/22/2018
STC SA02511SE
Installation of replacement fuel quantity indicator sending unit(s)
CiES Inc.
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09/11/2018
STC SA04165NY (Page 2)
Installation of Latitude Technologies Skynode S200 Satcom system
Latitude Technologies Corporation
+ 81 more STCs on file
04 / Regulations watching this type
Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for PILATUS BRITTEN-NORMAN LTD. BN-2B-21
Advisory Circulars
No ACs explicitly mention this type. Showing universal operating-rule ACs that apply to all aircraft.
Recent Federal Register activity
Latest rulemakings touching general operating rules (Part 91) and maintenance rules (Part 43).
- 2026-04-17 Settlement Policy for Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Cases FR ↗
- 2026-02-10 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period; Denial of Extension FR ↗
- 2026-02-02 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) Requirement, New Aircraft Production FR ↗
- 2026-01-28 Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; Reopening of Comment Period FR ↗
- 2026-01-07 Requirements for Interference-Tolerant Radio Altimeter Systems FR ↗
05 / Aircraft of this type
All 4 registered N-numbers
Every tail currently on the FAA registry for this make/model. Click an N-number to query the FAA Aircraft Inquiry; rows flagged ● have NTSB events on file. Tails seeded with full TallyAero pages link directly.
05 / Sources & Methodology
Every count traces back to a primary US-government source
- FAA Aircraft Registry →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- NTSB CAROL →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
- Federal Register (FAA Airworthiness Directives) →
Refreshed Apr 27, 2026
Available
We render counts and lists as the agency publishes them. Read the methodology →