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N7628R

Beech B23

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArizona

N7628R is a Beech B23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Flagstaff, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2011 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility; acrobatic, dated March 15, 1974.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
B23 · all B23s 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 B23 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
M-1249
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 · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1969
Cruising speed
116 mph
Transponder code
AA4C76 (octal 52446166)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 18, 2011
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 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 · Normal; Utility; AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code NUA (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 15, 1974
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00643227

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wilson Rodney C
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
21 Pine del Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86005-9603

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N7628R links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N7628R, 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 Wilson Rodney C, an individual, certificate issued April 18, 2011, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 15, 1974, 5 years after the 1969 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial M-1249 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N7628R 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

2 NTSB records under N7628R: Accident on March 22, 2015 at Flagstaff, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 14, 1994 at Hickory, NC: minor 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 2

WPR15LA132Accident on March 22, 2015 at Flagstaff, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech B23 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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ATL95LA028Accident on December 14, 1994 at Hickory, NC: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 402B0571

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 402B · operated under 135

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN A PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT DURING THE TRANSITION TO LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN A LONG LANDING AND OVERRUN. FACTORS WERE THE LOW CEILINGS AND FOG WHICH PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

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 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data