# N617D: Beech C35, registration cancelled 1992-10-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 23, 1992
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech C35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (registry code 1151508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-777](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-777) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: D2875
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: November 27, 1989
- Last registry action: November 30, 1989
- Mode S code: A8090A
- Owners when cancelled: [Ordway Dustin P](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ORDWAY%20DUSTIN%20P), [Ordway Janet H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ORDWAY%20JANET%20H)
- Location: [Conway, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Conway)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0656° N, 92.3628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 72032, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N617D
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=617D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N617D-1992-10-23

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Beech C35: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW92FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA202), Aug 5, 1992: Beech C35 (N617D), Leslie, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC. FACTORS WERE FOG, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19920805029069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920805029069A), Aug 5, 1992: Beech C35BEECH (N617D), Leslie, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into trees on cloud obscured mountainside. MVFR forecast for area.
- [Incident 19870506024099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870506024099I), May 6, 1987: Beech C35BEECH (N617D), Lancaster, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up. Gear warning horn did not sound.

## Other aircraft with N617D

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N617D): Darrel F Inman BABY ACE-D, S/N 002, built 2003

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