N500DR1954 Beechcraft A45
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Fox 2 INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- West Chicago, IL
- Certificate issued
- Apr 20, 1995
- Expires
- Feb 28, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Dec 29, 1958
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
- A45
- Year
- 1954
- Serial number
- G-31
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A63A4B
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor O-470 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 230 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1995 – nowFox 2 INCWest Chicago, IL · current
- 1983Gantt Aviation INCGeorgetown, TX · different airframe: Beechcraft 200 S/N Bb-76
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 (4)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-01 R1 | Raytheon Aircraft Company Beech Models 45 (YT-34), A45 (T-34A, B-45), and D45 (T-34B)… | Apr 16, 2007 | Airframe (A45) |
| 2004-25-51 | Raytheon Aircraft Company Beech Models 45 (YT-34), A45 (T-34A, B-45), and D45 (T-34B)… | Dec 21, 2004 | Airframe (A45) |
| 2001-13-18 R1 | Raytheon Aircraft Corporation Beech Models 45 (YT-34), A45 (T-34A, B-45), and D45… | Mar 15, 2004 | Airframe (A45) |
| 99-05-13 | Raytheon Aircraft Company 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 33, 35, 36/A36, A36TC/B36TC, 45, 50, 55… | Apr 19, 1999 | Airframe (A45)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.
- Windows · canopy · departedMay 13, 1998
THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT FOR RADIO WORK THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR. WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET MSL, THE CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. SUSPECT LATCHING HOOKS WERE NOT ENGAGED PROPERLY. RECOMMEND CLOSER PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF…
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