Beech 76
N83ER is a Beech 76, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mike Smith Aviation International INC, a corporation in Rancho Murieta, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- 76 · all 76s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The Duchess twin. This is how the Beechcraft 76 Duchess 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
- ME-201
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Transponder code
- AB5675 (octal 52653165)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 20, 2021
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 1, 1979
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00360976
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mike Smith Aviation International INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 7310 Leyenda Ct
Rancho Murieta, CA 95683-9161
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N83ER links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft 76 Duchess 151 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,929 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Mike Smith Aviation International INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Rancho Murieta, CA 16 aircraft registered in this town
- Rancho Murieta Airport · RIU
- California 27,642 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft 76 Duchess 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft 76 Duchess 230 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft 76 Duchess 34 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N83ER, 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 Mike Smith Aviation International INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 20, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial ME-201 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N83ER 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 N83ER: Accident on July 30, 2009 at Glendale, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 76 · operated under 091
The fatigue failure of the left main landing gear enhanced side brace assembly.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data