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N65873, a Beech B36TC
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N65873

Beech B36TC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArkansas

N65873 is a Beech B36TC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Batesville, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 22, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated February 24, 1983.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
B36TC · all B36TCs 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 B36 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
EA-342
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 TSIO-520 SER · 300 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1983
Transponder code
A8ADDB (octal 52126733)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 22, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2030
Last FAA action
June 22, 2023
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 24, 1983
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00662776

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Carpenter Steve
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
560 Broadwater Ln
Batesville, AR 72501-2401

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N65873 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Live

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The public federal record on N65873, 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 Carpenter Steve, an individual, certificate issued June 22, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated February 24, 1983, consistent with the 1983 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial EA-342 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N65873 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 N65873: Accident on September 7, 2009 at Sullivan, MO: 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

CEN09LA573Accident on September 7, 2009 at Sullivan, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech B36TC · operated under 091

A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data