Aircraft Description
N406SF is a 1977 Beech E-90, a twin-engine turbo-prop aircraft registered to New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on December 3, 2004. The registration certificate was issued on May 22, 2006. The registration is set to expire on July 31, 2027. Powered by a P&w PT6A SER engine producing 750 horsepower, N406SF is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A4C481 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N406SF was last tracked by AviatorDB at coordinates 32.2894, -106.9220 on April 13, 2025. The FAA registry record for N406SF was last updated on March 4, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
The Beech 90 King Air, the world's first commercially successful pressurized twin-turboprop business aircraft, revolutionized corporate aviation by bridging the gap between piston-engine aircraft and jets. First flown on January 24, 1964, it was a low-wing twin-engine turboprop that could seat 6-8 passengers with a pressurized cabin. With a wingspan of 50 feet 3 inches and cruising at 270 mph, it was manufactured by Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas. AviatorDB tracks 18,376 Beech aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is BE9L.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N406SF. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Last updated: 2026-04-01 01:32:20 UTC