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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Beech N35
N1228Z is a Beech N35, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hilltop Lakes, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 23, 1996 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 23, 1961.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- N35 · all N35s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Beechcraft N35 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- D-6688
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- A05EA8 (octal 50057250)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 23, 1996
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 23, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 23, 1961
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00970410
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pate Ronald e
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 1722
Hilltop Lakes, TX 77871-1722
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N1228Z links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft N35 167 registered
- Beech 17,443 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental IO-470 series 4,724 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Hilltop Lakes, TX 35 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,985 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft N35 6 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft N35 11 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft N35 141 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-470 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-470 series 114 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bolt, bent · 2001-04-01
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The public federal record on N1228Z, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Pate Ronald e, an individual, certificate issued October 23, 1996, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 23, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial D-6688 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1228Z according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1228Z: Accident on July 20, 2022 at Wardsville, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech N35 · operated under 091
Engine failure due to oil starvation resulting from an oil leak at the improperly installed aftermarket oil filter adapter.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data