Beechcraft V35A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 1968 Bonanza, distinguished by the raked, more steeply sloped windshield that gives the later V-tails their profile. Mechanically it matches the V35 — 285 hp, 178 knots, 3,400 lb gross — with interior and detail improvements. It remains one of the fastest and best-finished four-to-six-seat piston singles ever built.
The V-tail airworthiness directive requiring the ruddervator attachment reinforcing cuff applies and its compliance must be established before any offer; so does inspection of the magnesium ruddervator skins, which corrode and are expensive to replace. The IO-520 has a crankcase cracking history on high-time engines and burns 15 to 16 gallons an hour. Beech parts pricing is a permanent condition of ownership. Against all that, the aeroplane does something genuinely rare: it carries four adults and bags at 178 knots in real comfort for a price well below what a modern aircraft of similar speed costs. Formal transition training is required by insurers and is worth doing.
Variants of the Beechcraft Bonanza 35 (V-tail)
- 35 · 1947 · 266 active
- A35 · 1949 · 160 active
- B35 · 1950 · 148 active
- C35 · 1952 · 258 active
- D35 · 1953 · 142 active
- E35 · 1954 · 141 active
- F35 · 1955 · 192 active
- G35 · 1956 · 224 active
- H35 · 1957 · 224 active
- J35 · 1958 · 221 active
- K35 · 1959 · 236 active
- M35 · 1960 · 225 active
- N35 · 1961 · 167 active
- P35 · 1962 · 319 active
- S35 · 1964 · 459 active
- V35 · 1966 · 425 active
- V35-TC · 1966 · 1 active
- V35A · 1968 · 321 active · this page
- V35A-TC · 1968 · 1 active
- V35B · 1970 · 913 active
- V35B-TC · 1970 · 0 active
Also consider
- Beechcraft F33AScore 30.9/50 · 4 seats · 170 kt
- Cessna 180HScore 26.9/50 · 4 seats · 143 kt
- Navion GPartial 7.7/30 · 5 seats · 165 kt
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What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental IO-520-B |
| Horsepower | 285 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1968 |
| Production end | 1969 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 178 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 720 nm |
| Service ceiling | 17,800 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,136 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 52 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,220 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,250 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,350 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,050 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,400 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,050 lb |
| Usable fuel | 50 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 16 gal/h |
Estimated cost to own
An estimate, not a quote. Change the inputs to match how you would fly it. Defaults are for a complex or high-performance single.
| Fuel (burn × price) | hourly | $119/h | $11,856/yr |
| Engine reserve (overhaul ÷ TBO) | hourly | $3,412/yr | |
| Maintenance reserve | hourly | not counted | |
| Insurance | fixed | $3,500/yr | |
| Annual inspection | fixed | $3,000/yr | |
| Hangar | fixed | $6,000/yr | |
| Rental rate, wet | for comparison |
Not in the totals: Maintenance reserve, Rental rate (for rent vs own). We have no reliable default for these lines; enter your figure to include them.
How these estimates are built. Fuel = this model's typical burn x the national average price from AirNav's Fuel Price Report (100LL $7.41, Jet A $7.66 per gallon, 5 Oct 2026; your airport may differ by $2 or more). Engine reserve = typical overhaul cost / TBO for this engine. The remaining lines are class-level defaults, not quotes for this aircraft: annual inspection is the base inspection fee (findings are counted in the per-hour maintenance line); insurance assumes an instrument-rated owner with time in type and a $1M liability limit - less experienced pilots commonly pay 1.5-2x; hangar and tie-down are national mid-tier figures, with rural and metro options; the rental rate is a 2026 flight-school rate for a comparable aircraft, including fuel. Twin and turboprop maintenance defaults are estimates, not published figures. Sources: AirNav, BWI Aviation Insurance (2019-2026), Flying (May 2026), Savvy Aviation, American Flight Schools, published airport rate sheets. Every default is editable - change any number to match your situation. Depreciation, taxes, financing and major upgrades are not included. Depreciation is not included. An estimate, not a quote.
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $100,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $280,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,700 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $48,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $68,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 435 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 321 |
| Median year built | 1968.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 8 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 24.921 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 24.922 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 63 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 19.633 |
| Airworthiness directives | 14 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 321 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 321 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 321 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 8.1 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 0.3 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 4.3 of 103 |
| Support | 8.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 5.9 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 26.8 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 38.8 · 75 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,826.5.
- Support: class median 87.
- Liquidity: class median 17.96.
- 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. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30