Beechcraft
Aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of Textron
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January 29 2025 | A Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900D carrying oil workers crashed near Unity Oil Field, South Sudan, killing 20 out of 21 people onboard. |
September 22 2022 | The U.S. Navy conducted the final AQM-37 target launch, marking the end of the drone's operational service. |
April 10 2022 | Production of the Bonanza G36 was announced to have restarted. |
2021 | No Beechcraft Bonanzas were delivered this year. |
July 2018 | A total of 114 Beechcraft 1900C and 192 Beechcraft 1900D aircraft were in airline service globally, with the majority (207) operating in the Americas, followed by some in Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. |
January 2012 | The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority issued an airworthiness directive grounding all Bonanzas equipped with older single pole-style yoke and forward elevator control cables over 15 years old. |
November 2011 | The third prototype Beechcraft 1900 (UA-3, registered FAB-043), which had been serving in Bolivia, crashed in November. |
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