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A Beechcraft F33 Bonanza, the same model family as N873BC
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N873BC

Beech F33A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNevada
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N873BC is a Beech F33A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Media Stew LLC, an LLC in Carson City, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated March 10, 1988.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
F33A · all F33As 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 F33 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
CE-1227
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
5
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
138 mph
Transponder code
AC0197 (octal 53000627)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 8, 2025
Expires
December 31, 2032
Last FAA action
December 8, 2025
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 10, 1988
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00284031

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Media Stew 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
2101 Arrowhead Dr
Carson City, NV 89706-0402

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N873BC links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N873BC, 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 Media Stew LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 8, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CE-1227 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N873BC 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

1 NTSB record under N873BC: Accident on July 20, 2019 at Battleground, WA: 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

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NTSB records 1

WPR19LA200Accident on July 20, 2019 at Battleground, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 33 · operated under 091

A failure of the throttle control assembly for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with an obstacle.

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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 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data