Aircraft Description
N949BW is a Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, a twin-engine turbo-prop aircraft registered to Bering Air INC in Nome, AK. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 29, 2001. The registration certificate was issued on December 29, 2014. The registration is set to expire on December 31, 2027. Powered by a P&w Canada PT6A-6 SERIES engine producing 950 horsepower, N949BW is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is AD2EC5 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N949BW was last tracked by AviatorDB near Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) on March 18, 2026. The FAA registry record for N949BW was last updated on January 12, 2024. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
The Beechcraft Starship, aviation's most ambitious general aviation composite aircraft, represented a bold leap into futuristic design that ultimately became a commercial failure. First flown in 1986, it featured an unconventional canard configuration with twin pusher-mounted Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A turboprops and seating for up to eight passengers. Spanning 43 feet with its main wing and reaching speeds of 385 knots, the Starship was originally developed by Beech Aircraft Corporation in collaboration with designer Burt Rutan. AviatorDB tracks 2,161 Raytheon Aircraft Company aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is STAR.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N949BW. 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