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N930R, a Beech E18S
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N930R

Beech E18S

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMontana

N930R is a Beech E18S, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 10 seats. It is registered to an individual in Polson, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 17, 1959.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
E18S · all E18Ss 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 E18 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
BA-438
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 · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
10
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
165 mph
Transponder code
ACE720 (octal 53163440)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 11, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 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 · July 17, 1959
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00430551

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Garrett David B
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
48901 Hwy 93 Ste A-173
Polson, MT 59860

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N930R links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N930R, 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 Garrett David B, an individual, certificate issued January 11, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated July 17, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial BA-438 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N930R 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N930R. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data