{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"ROCKFORD","country_code":"US","county_code":"201","cruise_speed_mph":131,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17015","engine_horsepower":225,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"E225 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"1977-01-14","maker":"Beech","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"BEECH","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1151516","mode_s_code":"53012047","mode_s_hex":"AC1427","model":"G35","n_number":"N878B","name":"BARBER COLMAN CO","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Loveland","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-01-26","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CEN18LA087","probable_cause":"The airplane pilot\u2019s failure to see and avoid the helicopter while in the traffic pattern, which resulted in a midair collision between the two aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the airplane pilot\u2019s misunderstanding of the helicopter pilot\u2019s intentions and the airplane pilot\u2019s expectation that the helicopter would be clear of the runway.","registration":"N878BC","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on January 26, 2018 at Loveland, CO: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N878B is a Beech G35, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Barber Colman CO, a corporation in Rockford, Illinois. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration certificate revoked\". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration certificate revoked\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"This airframe (serial D-4820) previously flew as N878BC. N878BC cancelled April 4, 1983. The conveyance sequence lives in the FAA aircraft records file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"N878B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20 (serial 1040, cancelled August 14, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N878BC: Accident on January 26, 2018 at Loveland, CO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"D-4820","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IL","status":"Registration certificate revoked","status_code":"9","status_short":"Revoked","street":"1300 ROCK AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00337728","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N878B","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1956,"zip":"61100"}