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A Beechcraft B-19 Sport, the same model family as N1956W
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026
N1956W

Beech B19

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N1956W is a Beech B19, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Middleton, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 19, 1973.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
B19 · all B19s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Beechcraft B-19 Sport 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
MB-620
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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
116 mph
Transponder code
A17DFD (octal 50276775)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 29, 2021
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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 19, 1973
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00053000

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gasaway Chad D
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
855 Providence Ave
Middleton, ID 83644-6074

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N1956W links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Middleton, ID 27 aircraft registered in this town
  • Idaho 4,199 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N1956W, 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 Gasaway Chad D, an individual, certificate issued November 29, 2021, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial MB-620 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1956W 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 N1956W: Accident on March 18, 2021 at Twin Falls, ID: 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

WPR21LA139Accident on March 18, 2021 at Twin Falls, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech B19 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during initial climb with a crosswind when the airspeed decreased, the airplane exceeded its critical angle of attack and aerodynamical stalled at too low an altitude for the pilot to recover before the airplane descended and landed hard.

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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 November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data