Originally Posted by
megan
Accident aircraft had the serial 32-689, you're certainly on the money Dave. Find the serial number convention used confusing, permissible aircraft are S/N 32-7700001 through 32-7800008, how does that equate to 30 aircraft Dave? I assume the first two figures represent year of build.
Yes, that's correct. The first two digits represent the year (1977/78) and the next two ("00") the variant (-260). MSNs run from 32-7700001 to 32-7700023 and 32-7800001 to 32-7800008.