Ownership guide
Beechcraft G36 Bonanza
374 registered in the US, built from about 2005 to 2025, 6 seats, most with the Continental IO-550. Its Airworthiness Directives, its engines', and what to check before buying one.
The fleet
- Registered in the US
- 374
- Built
- 2005 to 2025
- Half built by
- 2011
- Seats
- 6
- Engine type
- Piston
- Most common engine
- Continental IO-550
Engines installed
- Continental IO-550307 aircraft (82%) · 23 ADs, 4 with a repeat action
From the FAA aircraft registry, rebuilt daily. Years are those recorded on each registration.
Airworthiness Directives
1 current AD name the G36 airframe, 0 with a repeat action. Its engines carry 23 more. 1 equipment AD names the model.
No current airframe AD mentions a repeat action.
Accident record
25 accidents since 2008, 9 fatal (20 people killed in them, a midair counting both aircraft), 8 aircraft destroyed.
What happened
- Loss of engine power (total)4
- Loss of control in flight4
- Loss of engine power (partial)3
- Aerodynamic stall/spin2
- Fuel exhaustion2
- Runway excursion1
Phase of flight
- Enroute10
- Takeoff5
- Initial climb3
- Landing3
- Approach2
The latest
| Date | Where | What happened | Injuries | NTSB number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | Medulin, OF | Unknown: Unknown or undetermined | Fatal | GAA26WA207 |
| 2026-06-04 | Danbury, CT | Takeoff: Runway excursion | None | ERA26LA229 |
| 2026-02-09 | Gainesville, GA | Enroute: Loss of engine power (total) | Minor | ERA26LA109 |
| 2025-12-15 | Tracy, CA | Enroute: Loss of engine power (partial) | Minor | WPR26LA060 |
| 2024-09-12 | Lafayette, LA | Initial climb: Fire/smoke (non-impact) | Fatal | CEN24FA353 |
| 2023-12-21 | Buford, GA | Enroute: Unknown or undetermined | Fatal | ERA24FA072 |
From the NTSB's aviation accident database, refreshed monthly; accidents only, homebuilts left out. Counts, not rates: nobody publishes how many hours each model flies, and a training fleet flies far more than a private one. Look up any case by its number in the NTSB's CAROL.
What it costs to run
Per hour flown
Per year, flown or not
- Fuel
- $0/hr
- Engine reserve
- $0/hr
- A year
- $0
- All in, per hour
- $0/hr
Everything else is yours to fill in: insurance, hangar and overhaul prices vary too much by pilot, airport and shop for a default to mean anything. Nothing you type leaves this page.
Before you buy one
- Run its N-number through the AD check: every AD that names its airframe and engine, as a checklist to take to the logbooks.
- For each repeat-action AD, find the last compliance in the logbooks and when the next one is due.
- Compare the engine's time since overhaul with its maker's published overhaul time, and look for the reason behind any long gap in flying.
- 1 equipment AD names the G36 (a muffler, a seat belt, a display): find out which of that equipment is installed.
- Check the registration, the airworthiness certificate and the date of the last annual inspection.
- Work out the sales or use tax your state will charge with the aircraft tax calculator.
Questions
- How many Beechcraft G36s are registered in the US?
- 374, in the FAA aircraft registry.
- When was the Beechcraft G36 built?
- From about 2005 to 2025. Half of those registered today were built by 2011.
- What engine does the Beechcraft G36 have?
- Most have the Continental IO-550 (82% of those registered).
- How many accidents has the Beechcraft G36 had?
- 25 in the NTSB's database since 2008, 9 of them fatal. The most common defining event was loss of engine power (total). These are counts, not rates: how many hours the fleet flew is not published.
- How many Airworthiness Directives does the Beechcraft G36 have?
- 1 current ADs name the G36 airframe, 0 of them with a repeat action, and 23 more name its engines. Whether each applies to one aircraft depends on its serial number and installed equipment.
Figures from the FAA aircraft registry and the FAA's Airworthiness Directives, rebuilt daily. An AD listed for a model is one to read; whether it applies to one aircraft depends on its serial number, equipment and records.