Twin piston

N5959F

1965 Beechcraft H18

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1965
Serial
BA-721
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mid Atlantic Air Museum (Corporation)
Based
Reading, PA
1965 Beechcraft H18
Representative photo of a Beechcraft H18. Not a photo of N5959F.
Registration record

N5959F on the FAA register

Type
1965 Beechcraft H18 (FAA: Beechcraft H-18)
Serial
BA-721
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Mid Atlantic Air Museum
Reading, PA
Certificate issued
2016-03-16
Airworthiness date
1965-02-17
Registration expires
2029-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A7B393
Mode S (octal)
51731623
Seats (type)
11
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-03-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N5959F.
  • 1965-02-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N5959F

N5959F is a 1965 Beechcraft H18 (FAA model H-18), serial number BA-721. The FAA register lists Mid Atlantic Air Museum as the registrant in Reading, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 16, 2016 and expires on March 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engines and 11 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated February 17, 1965.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N5959F.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N5959F.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.