Beech C23
N18516 is a Beech C23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Maine Instrument Flight, a corporation in Augusta, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 12, 2014 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 4, 1981.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- C23 · all C23s 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 C23 Sundowner 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
- M-2344
- 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 · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 116 mph
- Transponder code
- A155D9 (octal 50252731)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 12, 2014
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 4, 1981
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00813290
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Maine Instrument Flight
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 2
Augusta, ME 04332-0002
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N18516 links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 456 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
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,929 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Maine Instrument Flight 21 aircraft in the fleet
- Augusta, ME 41 aircraft registered in this town
- Augusta State Airport · AUG
- Augusta Seaplane Base · M00
- Maine 1,425 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 104 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 48 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N18516, 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 Maine Instrument Flight, a corporation, certificate issued September 12, 2014, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 4, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial M-2344 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N18516 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Arrow F (serial 59, cancelled February 20, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N18516: Accident on May 1, 2026 at Bangor, ME: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech C23 · operated under 091
On May 01, 2026, at 1604 eastern daylight time, a Beechcraft C23 airplane, N18516, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bangor, Maine. The private pilot and flight instructor were uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the certified flight instructor (CFI), the purpose of the flight was to provide instruction to the private pilot in preparation for his commercial certificate. The CFI reported that the private pilot completed the preflight inspection with no discrepancies noted. Afte…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data