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N8718M

Beech 23

Valid Florida

N8718M is a Beech 23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1963. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in New Port Richey, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2000 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 15, 1963.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
23
Serial number
M-502
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1963
Cruising speed
113 mph
Transponder code
ABFD89 (octal 52776611)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 15, 2000
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 15, 1963
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00612241

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gilson David R
Type
Co-owned
Address
10731 Earhart Dr
New Port Richey, FL 34654-5215
Co-owners
Gilson Dianne E

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data