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A Beechcraft V35 Bonanza, the same model family as N21SH
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N21SH

Beech V35

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana

N21SH is a Beech V35, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Flight Less LLC, an LLC in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 11, 1986.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
V35 · all V35s 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 V35 Bonanza 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
D-8423
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 · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1986
Cruising speed
150 mph
Transponder code
A1B8C1 (octal 50334301)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 16, 2026
Expires
May 31, 2033
Last FAA action
May 16, 2026
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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 11, 1986
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00722036

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Flight Less LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
55 W 14Th St Ste 101
Helena, MT 59601-3387

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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

—Mullan Joseph A DRAGONFLY · B

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The public federal record on N21SH, 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 Flight Less LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 16, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated March 11, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial D-8423 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N21SH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mullan Joseph A DRAGONFLY (serial 128, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N21SH: Accident on October 26, 1982 at Erie, CO: serious injuries, destroyed. 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

DEN83FTE01Accident on October 26, 1982 at Erie, CO: serious injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 128

Aircraft on the NTSB record: J.A.Mullan DRAGONFLY · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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