Beech C23
N1986L is a Beech C23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Junction City, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 25, 1976.
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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-1843
- 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
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 116 mph
- Transponder code
- A18918 (octal 50304430)
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 2, 2016
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 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 · May 25, 1976
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00303090
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Phillips Alan K
- 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
- 91957 Skinner Ln
Junction City, OR 97448-9429
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N1986L links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 456 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-360 / VO-360 series 11,930 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Junction City, OR 25 aircraft registered in this town
- Oregon 7,013 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 N1986L, 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 Phillips Alan K, an individual, certificate issued December 2, 2016, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 25, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial M-1843 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N1986L 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 N1986L: Accident on March 15, 1988 at Sullivan, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech C23 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data