N8627A1957 Beechcraft E18S
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Hamersville, OH
- Certificate issued
- Aug 12, 2023
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 18, 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
- E18S
- Year
- 1957
- Serial number
- BA-283
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- ABD993
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W R-985 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 450 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowIndividual ownerHamersville, OH · current
- Date unknownIndividual ownerdifferent airframe: Beechcraft D18s S/N A534
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (E18S)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 (4)
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.
- Reciprocating engine · bearing · failedJan 31, 2003
IN CRUISE FLIGHT ENGINE STARTED TO DEVELOP A VIBRATION. ENGINE THEN STARTED TO LOSE OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. FOUND OIL LEAKING AT FRONT NOSE CASE AT CRANKSHAFT. SUSPECT FRONT MAIN BEARING FAILURE AND FRONT SEAL FAILURE. SOME METAL FOUND IN SCREEN.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · cylinder · crackedJun 22, 2002
AT CRUISE POWER LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND DIVERTED TO LEX. NR 8 CYLINDER WAS FOUND CRACKED AT INTAKE PORT.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · resistor · openApr 11, 1995
THREE OHM, 10 WATT RESISTOR IN OVERHEAT CIRCUIT FOR HEATER WAS FOUND 'OPEN'.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Air conditioning and pressurization · resistor · openApr 11, 1995
HEATER INSPECTION REVEALED THE CORRECT TYPE OF FUSE WAS INSTALLED. ACTUATION OF THE OVERHEAT PROBE FAILED TO BLOW THE FUSE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE 3 OHM 10 WATT RESISTOR, LOCATED IN THE WIRING BETWEEN THE OVERHEAT PROBE AND THE FUSE, WAS 'OPEN'. THE RESISTOR WAS REPLACED AND THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026