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A Beechcraft 36 Bonanza, the same model family as N72GP
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N72GP

Beech 36

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWisconsin

N72GP is a Beech 36, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mindoro, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 13, 2007 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated July 26, 1968.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
36 · all 36s 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 36 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
E-59
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 IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1968
Cruising speed
138 mph
Transponder code
A9A1D7 (octal 52320727)

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 13, 2007
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 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 · July 26, 1968
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00851317

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wade Joseph R
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
W1509 County Road Ae
Mindoro, WI 54644-9422

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N72GP links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Mindoro, WI 2 aircraft registered in this town
  • Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N72GP, 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 Wade Joseph R, an individual, certificate issued June 13, 2007, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated July 26, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial E-59 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N72GP 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N72GP. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data