# N7659B: 2009 Beckley Don A SONEX, registration cancelled 2018-03-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 29, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Beckley Don A SONEX](https://openairdocs.org/model/beckley-don-a-sonex) (registry code 056263H)
- Engine: [Jabiru 3300](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (registry code 34801)
- Serial number: 0381
- Year built: 2009
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Kit: Sonex Aircraft LLC SONEX
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: November 20, 2014
- Certificate issued: May 21, 2008
- Last registry action: March 5, 2014
- Mode S code: AA57B0
- Owner when cancelled: [Beckley Don A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BECKLEY%20DON%20A)
- Location: [Naples, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Naples)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 25.9542° N, 81.5734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 34114, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7659B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7659B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7659B-2018-03-29

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 Beckley Don A SONEX: https://openairdocs.org/model/beckley-don-a-sonex.md

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 20160911017769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160911017769I), Sep 11, 2016: Beckley Don A SONEX (N7659B), Salome, AZ, Minor damage. On 09/11/2016 Sonex experimental aircraft N7659B, after departing the Indian Hills Airpark (2AZ1) near Salome Arizona, experienced a lack of power to sustain…

## Other aircraft with N7659B

- [Cancelled 1965-05-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7659B-1965-05-22): Bellanca 14-19-2, S/N 4010. Owner: [Wells Harmon M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20HARMON%20M), [Chariton, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Chariton)

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