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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026
N70SL

Beech B36TC

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N70SL is a Beech B36TC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spring, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 18, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated November 18, 1986.

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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-459
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
6
Year built
1986
Transponder code
A953D0 (octal 52251720)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 18, 2023
Expires
December 31, 2030
Last FAA action
December 18, 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 · November 18, 1986
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00112687

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcleod Sammy Dale JR
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
3431 Rayford Rd # 200-432
Spring, TX 77386-4943

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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

2002-08-20Piper PA 46-350P · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N70SL links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Spring, TX 258 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,985 aircraft registered

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N70SL.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N70SL, 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 Mcleod Sammy Dale JR, an individual, certificate issued December 18, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated November 18, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial EA-459 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N70SL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA 46-350P (serial 4622084, cancelled August 20, 2002). 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

2 NTSB records under N70SL: Accident on December 17, 2023 at Burnet, TX: serious injuries, destroyed. Accident on June 14, 2001 at Stockton, CA: no injuries, destroyed. 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 2

CEN24LA065Accident on December 17, 2023 at Burnet, TX: serious injuries, destroyed.

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

The loss of engine power due an overly rich mixture from an improper adjustment of the fuel pump, which resulted in a forced landing and impact with a car and terrain.

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

LAX01FA207Accident on June 14, 2001 at Stockton, CA: no injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 4622084

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-46-350P · operated under 091

a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the inadequate supervision of the flight by the CFI for allowing a simulated emergency maneuver to continue below an altitude which would not allow for recovery contingencies.

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 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data