N499L1961 Beechcraft 65
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Paradise Valley, AZ
- Certificate issued
- Apr 5, 2018
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 29, 1961
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Beechcraft
- Model
- 65
- Year
- 1961
- Serial number
- LC-87
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 9
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A63281
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Gso&Igso-480
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 340 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2018 – nowIndividual ownerParadise Valley, AZ · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (1)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99-05-13 | Raytheon Aircraft Company 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 33, 35, 36/A36, A36TC/B36TC, 45, 50, 55… | Apr 19, 1999 | Airframe (65)Certain serial numbers: F33A CE-290–CE-1791; E33C CJ-26–CJ-179; F33C CJ-26–CJ-179; A36 E-185–E-3046; B36TC EA-242–EA-591; 58 TH-1–TH-1798 |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Landing gear · actuator · jammedMay 15, 1995
UPON TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION OF LT MLG ACTUATOR, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE NOTED: 1. TOTAL ACTUATOR EXTENSION WAS 8 INCHES COMPARED TO TOTAL EXTENSION ON THE GOOD RT ACTUATOR OF 9.5 INCHES. 2. AFTER REMOVAL, ACTUATOR WAS FROZEN TO TURNING AND AFTER FREEING ALL IMPACT DAMAGE, ACTUATORS STILL FROZEN AND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026