Beechcraft Bonanza — U.S. Fleet History & Risk Data
Piston · 10,265 aircraft on the U.S. registry · built 1947–2026
NTSB records whose airframe serial does not match the aircraft currently holding the registration are excluded, as are service difficulty reports filed while a registration belonged to a different aircraft. U.S. registrations get reused; these counts are reconciled to the airframes actually in this fleet.
Where this fleet reports maintenance difficulties
FAA Service Difficulty Reports filed against Beechcraft Bonanza airframes, grouped by JASC system chapter — a factual picture of what mechanics actually report on this type.
- 32 — Landing Gear : 132 reports
- 85 — Reciprocating Engine : 123 reports
- 33 — Lights : 108 reports
- 74 — Ignition : 54 reports
- 27 — Flight Controls : 42 reports
Recent airworthiness directives matched to this type
- AD 2019-23-10 · effective 2019-11-22 — inspecting the right aileron flight control cable end fittings (terminal attachment fittings) and replacing any damaged cable assembly
- AD 2008-13-17 · effective 2008-08-06 — replace certain circuit breaker toggle switches with improved design circuit breaker toggle switches
ADs published since 2004 in our Federal Register database — the full list of directives applicable to an older airframe is longer; build it at drs.faa.gov. Open/superseded status reflects our last sync. Compliance for a specific airframe can only be verified in its logbooks — that's exactly what our per-aircraft report flags.
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