# N8974M: Beech 35-B33, registration cancelled 1989-12-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 12, 1989
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Beech 35-B33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (registry code 1151406)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: CD728
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Mode S code: AC6245
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8974M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8974M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8974M-1989-12-12

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 35-B33: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33.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 LAX89FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA082), Jan 10, 1989: Beech 35-B33 (N8974M), Ripon, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURAL (WING) ICING, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLED STALL. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE ICING CONDITION.

## 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.

- [Accident 19890110000379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890110000379A), Jan 10, 1989: Beech 35B33 (N8974M), Ripon, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Filed and proceeded with known icing aloft. Iced up en route stalled and spun in.

## Other aircraft with N8974M

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8974M): Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GMB BO 105M, S/N 6097, built 1982

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