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A Beechcraft V35 Bonanza, the same model family as N77LM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N77LM

Beech V35A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Carolina
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N77LM is a Beech V35A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Elephants & Airplanes LLC, an LLC in Wakeforest, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 4, 1969.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
V35A · all V35As 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 V35 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
D-8950
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
1969
Cruising speed
150 mph
Transponder code
AA67B4 (octal 52463664)

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 5, 2023
Expires
June 30, 2030
Last FAA action
June 5, 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 · March 4, 1969
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00794890

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Elephants & Airplanes LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
10001 Brianside Ct
Wakeforest, NC 27587

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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 2

2000-03-14Sprayberry Leonard W GLASS GOOSE · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1989-01-18Maule M-5-235C · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N77LM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Wakeforest, NC 1 aircraft registered in this town
  • North Carolina 7,117 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N77LM, 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 Elephants & Airplanes LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 5, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated March 4, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial D-8950 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N77LM was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Sprayberry Leonard W GLASS GOOSE (serial 01, cancelled March 14, 2000); Maule M-5-235C (serial 7078C, cancelled January 18, 1989). 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

1 NTSB record under N77LM: Accident on September 16, 1986 at Redoubt Bay, AK: 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

ANC86LA157Accident on September 16, 1986 at Redoubt Bay, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 7078C

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Maule M-5-235C · operated under 091

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

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data