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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N60TJ

Beech B100

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N60TJ is a Beech B100, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1977. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Ark Leasing INC, a corporation in Newport Beach, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 1999 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 28, 1977.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
B100 · all B100s 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 B100 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
BE-21
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Airesearch TPE331-5&6SER · 776 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
11
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
210 mph
Transponder code
A7C698 (octal 51743230)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 19, 1999
Expires
January 31, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 28, 1977
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00842470

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ark Leasing INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
4621 Teller Ave # 130
Newport Beach, CA 92660

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N60TJ links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Newport Beach, CA 133 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,897 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N60TJ.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N60TJ, 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 Ark Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 19, 1999, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 28, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial BE-21 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N60TJ according to the deregistered file. [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 N60TJ: Accident on March 27, 1997 at San Carlos, CA: 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 1

LAX97LA132Accident on March 27, 1997 at San Carlos, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 100 · operated under 091

the pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing; his improper adjustment of the landing gear warning horn squat switch(es); and his decision to attempt flight with known equipment deficiencies.

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 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data