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HB-FQE

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The fields of this record contradict each other: first contact on 2016-10-17, declared year built 2019. The log is authentic; the described identity is doubtful.

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Mode S hex
4B0ED8
Manufacturer
Pilatus
Serial number
1742
Year built
20197 years oldYear announced by the registry: 2019. Yet the aircraft was already captured in 2016, before its supposed build: an unreliable year, dropped from the oldest/newest rankings.Under other registrations, the same airframe (MSN 1742) is given as 2017,2019; the group's majority year is 2017.
Country of registration
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
First contact
17 Oct 2016, 08:50
Last contact
19 Nov 2025, 15:35
Logged visits
28

The station's story

Cumulative contact time
14 h
Distinct days
26
Highest captured altitude
30,000 ft
1 corrupted frame(s) excluded from this maximum
Discovery rank
#18,824 of 57,065
Longest contact
1 h 7 min

Same airframe, also seen as

  • OE-EKBfrom 1 May 2018 to 27 Feb 2023 · 10 contacts
  • OH-EKBfrom 24 Oct 2018 to 13 Sept 2020 · 73 contacts
  • D-FCYWfrom 17 Mar 2021 to 16 Jul 2026 · 210 contacts

These registrations share the same serial number and type according to the reference data. Serial numbers can collide, though: it is a deduction, not a certainty.

Observed callsigns

PCH (10 contacts, 2018-2025)

Operator as per the registry of 21.07.2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.

Visits

CallsignFirst contactAltitude at end of contact
P7428 Sept 201722,500 ft
P7427 Sept 201720,000 ft
HBFQE17 Oct 201628,000 ft