Aircraft model
BEECH E35
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 1954 Bonanza. Beech offered the 225 hp E-225 as an option this year alongside the standard 185 hp engine, so two quite different aeroplanes carry the E35 designation and the one in front of you may not be the one described here. Standard form is a 185 hp four-seat retractable cruising at 157 knots.
Establish the engine first, because it changes both the performance and whether a high-performance endorsement is required — at 225 hp one is, at 185 hp it is not. Beyond that the standing V-tail items apply: the ruddervator attachment airworthiness directive, magnesium control surface corrosion, and a Continental E-series parts base that runs through specialists. Beech parts pricing is a permanent condition of ownership.
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- BEECH E35
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental E-185-11 |
| Horsepower | 185 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1954 |
| Production end | 1954 |
| Endorsements required | complex |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 157 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 600 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,100 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 51 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,300 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,200 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,125 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 885 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,725 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,600 lb |
| Usable fuel | 40 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 10.4 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $50,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $80,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,500 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $34,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $48,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 290 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 141 |
| Median year built | 1954.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 21.281 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 14.182 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 39 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 27.663 |
| Airworthiness directives | 6 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 141 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 141 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 141 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 8.8 of 103 |
| Support | 4.8 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.1 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 32.28 · 202 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 775.
- Support: class median 147.5.
- Liquidity: class median 19.9.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.