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N1228Z

Beech N35

Valid Texas

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.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
N35 · all N35s and related versions
Serial number
D-6688
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor I0-470 SERIES · 260 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
150 mph
Transponder code
A05EA8 (octal 50057250)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 23, 1996
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 23, 1961
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00970410

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pate Ronald E
Type
Individual
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.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Pate Ronald E, an individual, certificate issued October 23, 1996, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 23, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial D-6688 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1228Z according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N1228Z: Accident on July 20, 2022 at Wardsville, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN22LA330Accident on July 20, 2022 at Wardsville, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.

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.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN22LA330 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data