# N66343: Beech C23, registration cancelled 1997-02-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 12, 1997
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: M2206
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: December 15, 1990
- Last registry action: December 18, 1996
- Mode S code: A8C25E
- Owner when cancelled: [Riverside Air Service](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RIVERSIDE%20AIR%20SERVICE)
- Location: [Riverside, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Riverside)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.9084° N, 117.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 92504, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66343
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=66343
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66343-1997-02-12

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 C23: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 96ZZZX4954](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX4954), Jun 19, 1996: DISTRIBUTOR BLK. DEFECTIVE. DISASSEMBLED RT MAGNETO. FOUND EXCESSIVE CARBON RESIDUE IN COIL AREA. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ROTOR ARM ON GEAR ASSY HAD BECOME LOOSE ALLOWING APPROX

## 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 LAX96FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA236), Jun 19, 1996: Beech C23 (N66343), Los Angeles, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: company maintenance personnel's inadequate service of the magneto system, and their failure of to replace the electric fuel boost pump, which led to a malfunctioning right magneto and an inoperative…

## 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 19960619014459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960619014459A), Jun 19, 1996: Beech C23 (N66343), Burbank, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Lost power on climbout. Wing hit light pole and fence. Defect in right mag fuel pump inop was original since new.
- [Incident 19850324014739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850324014739I), Mar 24, 1985: Beech C23 (N66343), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Touched down in nose low attitude. Damage to propeller, nose gear and cowling. No mechanical failure found.

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