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N25496

Beech A36

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIowa

N25496 is a Beech A36, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 6 seats. It is registered to 25496 LLC, an LLC in Muscatine, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 6, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated February 17, 1986.

Where is it now Last seen October 11 at 8:33 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
A36 · all A36s 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 A36 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
E-2305
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
Seats
6
Year built
1986
Cruising speed
138 mph
Transponder code
A26A0C (octal 50465014)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 6, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
June 22, 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 · February 17, 1986
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00232156

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
25496 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
2415 Park Ave
Muscatine, IA 52761-5636

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

—Cessna 152 · B

Connections how N25496 links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
  • 25496 LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
Place
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N25496.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N25496, 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 25496 LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 6, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated February 17, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E-2305 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N25496 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 152 (serial 15280694, 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

4 NTSB records under N25496: Accident on October 16, 2003 at Davenport, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 15, 1991 at Davenport, IA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 8, 1988 at Marion, IA: 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 4

CHI04LA019Accident on October 16, 2003 at Davenport, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A36 · operated under 135

A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the improper installation of the fuel nozzle. Also causal was the engine manufacturer's improper installation instructions for the nozzle pressure port plug on the fuel manifold valve. A factor associated with the accident was the corn crop which was contacted during the forced landing.

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

CHI91LA263Accident on August 15, 1991 at Davenport, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 36 · operated under 091

THE PILOT OF THE OTHER AIRPLANE'S (N97867) INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT AND POOR INFLIGHT/DECISION MAKING.

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

MKC88LA130Accident on July 8, 1988 at Marion, IA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A-36 · operated under 091

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

MKC84LA188Accident on June 28, 1984 at Lee'S Summit, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 15280694

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · 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 November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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