Beech A36
N41VK is a Beech A36, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Galaxy Aviation LLC, an LLC in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 28, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated June 12, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- A36 · all A36s and related versions
- Serial number
- E-1885
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 138 mph
- Transponder code
- A4D3AC (octal 51151654)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 28, 2023
- Expires
- October 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility · June 12, 1981
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00752600
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Galaxy Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 46 Surfside Rd
Nantucket, MA 02554-2864
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N41VK, 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 Galaxy Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 28, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated June 12, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E-1885 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N41VK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 36 (serial E-146, cancelled January 25, 2006). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
3 NTSB records under N41VK: Accident on January 25, 2020 at Summerland Key, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 23, 2018 at Summerland Key, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 28, 2003 at Captiva Island, FL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A36 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to remove the flight control gust lock before takeoff, which resulted in an inability to rotate, aborted takeoff, and subsequent runway overrun. Contributing to the accident was a missing piece of the flight control gust lock, which did not give the pilot the intended warning that the gust lock was engaged.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA20LA089 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A36 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadvertent retraction of the landing gear during landing rollout, resulting in a landing gear collapse.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA19TA067 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 36 · operated under 091
The pilot's VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his ensuing failure to maintain altitude/clearance resulting in an in-flight collision with the ocean. A factor was the fog.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA03FA068 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data