Beech V35A
N7987R 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 Hopeful Monster LLC, an LLC in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 7, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 10, 1969.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- V35A · all V35As and related versions
- Serial number
- D-8975
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES · 285 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- AAD91A (octal 52554432)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 7, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility · April 10, 1969
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00055260
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hopeful Monster LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 306 S Main Apt 3A
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N7987R, 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.
Valid registration to Hopeful Monster LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 7, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for utility, dated April 10, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial D-8975 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7987R according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N7987R: Accident on March 16, 2025 at Engelwood, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech V35 · operated under 091
On March 16, 2025, at 1741 mountain daylight time, a Beech V35 airplane, N7987R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Englewood, Colorado. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot noticed an alternator caution light and corresponding indication on his primary flight display (PFD) while enroute to his destination. He performed electrical load shedding procedures and arrived at his destination with enough remaining battery power to maintain radio communications and extend the la…
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data