Beech 23
N1963F is a Beech 23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1963. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manawa, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 27, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 23, 1982.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- 23 · all 23s 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 23 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-541
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1963
- Cruising speed
- 113 mph
- Transponder code
- A1813C (octal 50300474)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 27, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 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 · July 23, 1982
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00193020
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sarna David 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
- E6740 County Road N
Manawa, WI 54949-8712
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N1963F links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft 23 147 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,313 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Manawa, WI 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Wisconsin 6,165 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft 23 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft 23 7 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft 23 45 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N1963F, 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 Sarna David e, an individual, certificate issued December 27, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 23, 1982, 19 years after the 1963 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial M-541 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1963F 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 N1963F: Accident on October 1, 2023 at Waupaca, WI: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 23 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the go-around, that resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data