Models · Beechcraft · Piston singles · data as of October 2, 2026

Beechcraft C23 Sundowner

457 on the U.S. register across 2 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1970 to 1983; half of them date from 1977 or earlier. Florida has the most (39). 32% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

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About the C23 from the FAA's model table

Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power: Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines: Lycoming O&Vo-360 Ser (418), Lycoming 0-360-A1D (17), Lycoming O-360-A4K (5)
Seats: 4
Cruise speed: about 116 mph
Makers on the register: Beech, Beech Aircraft Corp
Registered: earliest certificate December 18, 1975; newest October 1, 2026

Where they are owner's state

Florida39Texas37California35Washington21Georgia20New York16North Carolina16Wisconsin14South Carolina14Pennsylvania14Indiana13Illinois13

Who owns them registrant type

Individual250 (55%)LLC96 (21%)Co-owned62 (14%)Corporation33 (7%)Government9 (2%)Partnership6 (1%)Non-citizen corporation1 (0.2%)

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

Version	Registered	Built	Share
C23	456	1969 to 1983	99.8%
C 23	1	—	0.2%

When they were built by decade · 57 with no year on file

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registration status

Valid446 (98%)Pending10 (2%)Reports overdue1 (0.2%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard454 (99%)Multiple2 (0.4%)None on file1 (0.2%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Big Bend Community College8Maine Instrument Flight7White Scarf Airways LLC1Whisenant Roy H II1Wheatley Consulting LLC1Western Anesthesia Assn1Walker Scott Aviation LLC1Vsun LLC1Unusual Attitudes Flying Club INC1Tx Waste Ventures LLC1Triple D LLC1Tigerdawg Aviation LLC1

Fleet pages: Big Bend Community College · Maine Instrument Flight

Accident history NTSB

Each aircraft's own page already shows its NTSB accident and incident record. The model-wide record (accidents per year, fatal and non-fatal, against the number registered) is being added; it will appear here.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Beechcraft C23 Sundowner aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

457 as of October 2, 2026, counting 2 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Beechcraft C23s?

Florida, with 39.

Who owns the Beechcraft C23?

32% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 457

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N6702D	Beech C23	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2016-06-14	Valid
N2174W	Beech C23	Galena Sundowner LLC Reno, Nevada	Standard	2016-06-06	Valid
N9765L	Beech C23	Martone Aviation LLC Ocala, Florida	Standard	2016-05-11	Valid
N62954	Beech C23	Big Bend Community College Moses Lake, Washington	Standard	2016-04-11	Valid
N9771L	Beech C23	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2016-03-04	Valid
N163GC	Beech C23	Individual owner New York	Standard	2016-01-21	Valid
N1816Z	Beech C23	Western Anesthesia Assn Richland, Washington	Standard	2015-08-27	Valid
N37240	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2015-08-17	Valid
N7675R	Beech C23	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2015-07-08	Valid
N5425M	Beech C23	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2015-06-30	Valid
N67168	Beech C23	Mgm Aero Flight INC Jordan, Minnesota	Standard	2015-06-04	Valid
N2397E	Beech C23	Maine Instrument Flight Augusta, Maine	Standard	2015-06-02	Valid
N23HK	Beech C23	Maine Instrument Flight Augusta, Maine	Standard	2015-05-28	Valid
N8062R	Beech C23	Mills River Publishing CO Rushville, Indiana	Standard	2015-04-17	Valid
N66126	Beech C23	Maine Instrument Flight Augusta, Maine	Standard	2015-02-03	Valid
N2219L	Beech C23	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2015-01-20	Valid
N6698Q	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-01-08	Valid
N2130W	Beech C23	Unusual Attitudes Flying Club INC Mount Vernon, Missouri	Standard	2014-11-24	Valid
N23830	Beech C23	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2014-10-21	Valid
N38000	Beech C23	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2014-10-09	Valid
N9165S	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2014-09-24	Valid
N2103W	Beech C23	Goold Michael D Fort Worth, Texas	Standard	2014-09-15	Valid
N18516	Beech C23	Maine Instrument Flight Augusta, Maine	Standard	2014-09-12	Valid
N41MW	Beech C23	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2014-08-28	Valid
N9315S	Beech C23	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2014-07-17	Valid
N2248L	Beech C23	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2014-07-09	Valid
N38191	Beech C23	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2014-03-04	Valid
N5125M	Beech C23	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2014-01-28	Valid
N9731L	Beech C23	Maine Instrument Flight Augusta, Maine	Standard	2013-12-17	Valid
N6043J	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2013-11-25	Valid
N23966	Beech C23	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2013-11-18	Valid
N5214M	Beech C23	S & M LLC Nauvoo, Alabama	Standard	2013-08-15	Valid
N6977R	Beech C23	Sundowner Aviation INC Blaine, Minnesota	Standard	2013-05-20	Valid
N2163W	Beech C23	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2013-03-27	Valid
N6562R	Beech C23	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-10-26	Valid
N18970	Beech C23	Wheatley Consulting LLC Picayune, Mississippi	Standard	2012-09-13	Valid
N6509R	Beech C23	Holzhauer Aviation CORP Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2012-09-11	Valid
N2129W	Beech C23	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-08-22	Valid
N1950L	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2012-08-17	Valid
N6717V	Beech C23	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2012-08-08	Valid
N9370S	Beech C23	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2012-08-02	Valid
N6501R	Beech C23	Above Earth Aerospace LLC Friendswood, Texas	Standard	2012-06-22	Valid
N3864N	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Kentucky	Standard	2012-06-19	Valid
N18862	Beech C23	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2012-05-21	Valid
N319GR	Beech C23	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-05-17	Valid
N376GT	Beech C23	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-05-04	Valid
N1918L	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-04-27	Valid
N2105W	Beech C23	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N1943L	Beech C23	Beech Shuttle LLC Dawson, Georgia	Standard	2011-12-12	Valid
N6715X	Beech C23	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-05	Valid
N2237L	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N6707X	Beech C23	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2011-08-25	Valid
N6621R	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-23	Valid
N9254S	Beech C23	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2011-06-06	Valid
N2041L	Beech C23	Slik Air LLC Topeka, Kansas	Standard	2011-05-23	Valid
N9198S	Beech C23	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-05-23	Valid
N6626D	Beech C23	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2010-11-08	Valid
N37321	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2010-08-17	Valid
N6094R	Beech C23	Boston Executive Helicopters LLC Norwood, Massachusetts	Standard	2010-07-19	Valid
N21KM	Beech C23	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2010-07-07	Valid
N24027	Beech C23	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2010-06-17	Valid
N18861	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	2009-12-01	Valid
N834KT	Beech C23	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2009-09-30	Valid
N973K	Beech C23	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2009-09-03	Valid
N3841T	Beech C23	N3841T Lk Aircraft Holdings LLC Wheeling, Illinois	Standard	2009-06-09	Valid
N6664N	Beech C23	N6664N Lk Aircraft Holdings LLC Wheeling, Illinois	Standard	2009-06-09	Valid
N6718Y	Beech C23	N6718Y Lk Aircraft Holdings LLC Wheeling, Illinois	Standard	2009-06-09	Valid
N23979	Beech C23	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-06-08	Valid
N18783	Beech C23	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2008-11-21	Valid
N1962L	Beech C23	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2008-09-05	Valid
N9361S	Beech C23	Aviation Services LLC Oshkosh, Wisconsin	Standard	2008-04-09	Valid
N63745	Beech C23	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2007-10-24	Valid
N6593R	Beech C23	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2007-09-12	Valid
N6005Z	Beech C23	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2007-08-30	Valid
N5116R	Beech C23	Sajdak Brian Christopher Hernando, Mississippi	Standard	2007-08-16	Valid
N7689R	Beech C23	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2007-06-12	Valid
N2124W	Beech C23	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2007-03-01	Valid
N66251	Beech C23	T Air LLC Bonita Springs, Florida	Standard	2007-02-05	Valid
N60027	Beech C23	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2007-01-19	Valid
N63687	Beech C23	Vsun LLC Gilbertsville, Kentucky	Standard	2006-05-25	Valid
N24693	Beech C23	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2006-03-02	Valid
N9181S	Beech C23	Fhs Aero CO LTD Olathe, Kansas	Standard	2005-09-19	Valid
N6628R	Beech C23	D & K Aero Elkhart, Indiana	Standard	2004-12-28	Valid
N18990	Beech C23	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2004-09-20	Valid
N5161M	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	2004-04-29	Valid
N282G	Beech C23	Flyguys LLC Big Bend, Wisconsin	Standard	2004-02-18	Valid
N440LL	Beech C23	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2004-02-04	Valid
N5162M	Beech C23	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2004-01-22	Valid
N9337S	Beech C23	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2003-07-16	Valid
N24676	Beech C23	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2003-04-30	Valid
N2009D	Beech C23	Sundowner 2009D LLC La Place, Louisiana	Standard	2003-01-17	Valid
N2147W	Beech C23	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2002-12-16	Valid
N2114W	Beech C23	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2002-10-11	Valid
N18867	Beech C23	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2002-06-10	Valid
N9282S	Beech C23	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2002-02-21	Valid
N9744Q	Beech C23	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2001-08-20	Valid
N9235S	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	2001-02-22	Valid
N333JM	Beech C23	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2001-01-08	Valid
N2010L	Beech C23	Tec Consulting LLC Farmingdale, Maine	Standard	2000-11-09	Valid
N6008L	Beech C23	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2000-10-11	Valid