Cessna 170B
N4659C is a Cessna 170B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Beesley Cattle Company LLC, an LLC in Port Gibson, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 20, 1956.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 170B · all 170Bs 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. The original 1948 170 had fabric-covered wings; the 170A and 170B are all-metal. This is how the Cessna 170 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
- 25603
- 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 C145 SERIES · 145 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A5AFC4 (octal 51327704)
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 5, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 27, 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 · February 20, 1956
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00443254
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Beesley Cattle Company 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
- 2114 Church St
Port Gibson, MS 39150-2937
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4659C links to the rest of the register
- Cessna 170 2,085 registered
- Cessna 72,676 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental C145 series 1,828 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- Beesley Cattle Company LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Port Gibson, MS 1 aircraft registered in this town
- Mississippi 2,603 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Cessna 170 16 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Cessna 170 60 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Cessna 170 293 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental C145 series 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C145 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N4659C, 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 Beesley Cattle Company LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 5, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 20, 1956, 3 years after the 1953 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 25603 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4659C 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]
3 NTSB records under N4659C: Accident on June 4, 2001 at Sand Point, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 30, 1991 at Lake Louise, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 17, 1990 at Sulatna Cross, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 170B · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions while on approach, and the inadvertent stall of the airplane while attempting a go-around. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 170B · operated under 091
THE PILOT NOT MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH CONDITION OF THE AIRSTRIP.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 170B · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ASSESS THE EXISTING SNOW CONDITIONS AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN (PREFLIGHT PLANNING) PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE LIGHTING CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S OVER CONFIDENCE IN THE AIRPLANE'S PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES AND THE SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data