Models / Beechcraft / Bonanza 33
Updated this morning · Oct 18, 2026
Beechcraft Bonanza 33: prices, price cuts and days on market
10 are for sale on Barnstormers today, with a median asking price of $154,500. Time on market is still being measured, and 3 sellers cut price in the last 30 days.
The Bonanza 33 market this morning
What does a used Bonanza 33 ask right now?
With 10 for sale this morning, the Beechcraft Bonanza 33 is the 45th most-listed piston type on Barnstormers and second to the Beechcraft Bonanza 35 among Beechcraft types. 2 were listed in the last 30 days and 6 came down, slower churn than the piston singles average. 2 of them are in CA.
Asking prices run from $82,000 to $349,000, and half of the 10 priced listings sit between $90,000 and $167,500. The median is $154,500, 51% above the piston singles median of $102,249; 1 of the 4 Beechcraft types here ask more. Age matters: 1960s airframes ask a median of $150,000 against $290,000 for the 1980s.
3 sellers cut price in the last 30 days, 30% of the live fleet against 27% across every type we track; the average cut took 6% off the ask. That is the highest cut rate of any Beechcraft type here right now.
Written from this morning's figures and how they compare with the other types on the site. It changes as the market does.
By variant
| Variant | Seen | Live | Median ask |
|---|---|---|---|
| B33 | 7 | 3 | $90,000 |
| F33A | 6 | 3 | $249,900 |
| 33 | 6 | 4 | $134,475 |
Only listings whose title names a variant. Median is over live, priced listings of that variant.
Asking price distribution
Asking prices as typed by the seller. "Call" and "make offer" are counted as unpriced.
Median asking by decade
| Built | Seen | Median ask | Cut rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | $144,900 | 0% |
| 1960s | 8 | $150,000 | 13% |
| 1970s | 1 | $245,000 | 0% |
| 1980s | 4 | $290,000 | 25% |
Year is read from the seller's title, so 36% of Bonanza 33 listings don't have one. They count everywhere else on this page but not in this table.
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Buyer's notes
About the Beechcraft Bonanza 33
What it is
The Model 33 Debonair is the straight-tail Bonanza. Beech introduced it in 1960 as a cheaper, plainer answer to the Piper Comanche, with a conventional tail on the V-tail's fuselage and wing, a 225 hp Continental IO-470 and a bare-bones interior. Buyers kept adding the options back, so by 1968 Beech gave up and renamed it the Bonanza 33. The F33A, with the 285 hp IO-520 and the longer cabin shared with the V35B, is the version most people mean when they say "33." It stayed in production until 1994.
It flies like a Bonanza: heavy but well-harmonized controls and a solid ride in turbulence. The straight tail gives up a knot or two to the V-tail in exchange for none of the tail-wag in chop and none of the structural history.
Variants that matter for price
The Debonair years run 33, A33, B33 and C33 with the 225 hp IO-470, and C33A with the 285 hp IO-520 from 1966. E33 and F33 kept the 225 hp engine into the early 1970s; E33A, F33A and the rare G33 (260 hp) carried the bigger Continentals. From 1970 the F33A got the longer fuselage and the aft baggage space, and later F33As can be found with the optional rear seats that make it a tight five or six.
Buyers hunt the F33A first, and within the F33A the later the better: 1980s and 1990s airplanes with factory dual yokes, the larger fuel option, a modern panel and a low-time IO-520 command the top. A 225 hp Debonair with a throw-over yoke and original avionics is the way in. Sellers type F33A, E33A, C33A, F33 and "Debonair."
What buyers check
The landing gear comes first. It is electric with a motor, a gearbox and a set of push-pull rods that need a Beech-savvy shop to rig. The elevators and rudder have magnesium skins, which corrode from the inside and are expensive to replace, so look closely at the tail. Fuel bladders leak when they get old; stains at the wing root tell you before the logs do. Look at the wing bolts and the forward spar carry-through for corrosion.
On the engine, the IO-470 is a gentle 225 hp and the IO-520 has a history of crankcase cracks on some serial ranges. Many F33As have been converted to the IO-550 under STC, which adds useful load and speed and is a real plus if it was done properly. Tip tanks, a speed-sloped windshield, dual yokes, a modern autopilot and an engine monitor all add value; a throw-over yoke and a vacuum-only panel subtract.
Who it suits
The 33 suits a pilot who wants Bonanza speed and feel without the V-tail's baggage, carrying two or three people and bags on trips of several hundred miles. It is not a six-seat airplane in any practical sense, and it is not cheap to keep. The cross-shop is the V-tail 35 for less money and more argument, the A36 for real seats in the back, and a Mooney M20 or Comanche 260 if speed per dollar is the whole point.
How much does a used Beechcraft Bonanza 33 cost?
Asking prices on Barnstormers this morning run from $82,000 to $349,000, and the median is $154,500. The middle half of the 10 priced listings sit between $90,000 and $167,500. These are asking prices, not sale prices.
How many Beechcraft Bonanza 33s are for sale right now?
10 on Barnstormers as of Oct 18, 2026. 2 were listed in the last 30 days and 6 came down. PlaneSnipe has tracked 22 since Jul 19, 2026.
How long does a Beechcraft Bonanza 33 take to sell?
Not enough Bonanza 33 listings have both appeared and closed yet to say. The survivor rate appears here once the cohort is large enough.
How often do Beechcraft Bonanza 33 sellers cut the price?
3 price cuts in the last 30 days against 10 live listings, averaging 6% off the previous ask. Cuts are logged when the asking price drops between two consecutive mornings.
Last 30 days
Which Bonanza 33 sellers cut their price in the last 30 days?
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beechcraft Debonair Low TimeOct 16 | NY | 33 d | $174,500$167,500−4% |
| 1960 Beechcraft DebonairOct 7 | TX | 91 d | $89,000$82,000−8% |
| 1960 Beechcraft DebonairSep 30 | TX | 91 d | $95,000$89,000−6% |
For sale now
Which Bonanza 33s are for sale right now?
Newest first. Days listed is counted from the morning we first saw the ad; listings that predate Jul 19, 2026 show the day we started watching.
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Cuts | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Debonair B33 | RI | 6 d | – | $85,000 |
| Beechcraft F33A Bonanza | SC | 11 d | – | $249,900 |
| Beechcraft Debonair Low Time | NY | 33 d | 1 | $167,500 |
| 1963 Beechcraft Debonair B33 | MN | 78 d | – | $150,000 |
| Loaded Debonair W/ Good Mx | MS | 91 d | – | $109,950 |
| 1987 Beechcraft F33A Bonanza | CA | 91 d | 1 | $349,000 |
| BE35-B33 Debonair | CA | 91 d | – | $90,000 |
| 1960 Beechcraft Debonair | TX | 91 d | 2 | $82,000 |
| 1971 Beechcraft F33A | AR | 91 d | – | $245,000 |
| Beech Debonair | DE | 91 d | – | $159,000 |
Cross-shop
What else does a Bonanza 33 buyer look at?
Other Beechcraft types with a page here, then the same class at a similar asking price.
Geography and method
Where are the Bonanza 33s, and how are they counted?
Where they are
How we count
Barnstormers piston categories are read once a day. A listing is "delisted" after it is missing on two consecutive mornings. Days listed starts the morning we first saw the ad, so listings that predate Jul 19, 2026 are excluded from time-on-market figures. Prices are asking prices as typed by the seller. Nothing here is an appraisal. Full methodology.