Welch John T WEEDHOPPER 2
N145JB is a Welch John T WEEDHOPPER 2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Texarkana, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 21, 2006 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated April 25, 2007.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Welch John T
- Model
- WEEDHOPPER 2
- Serial number
- WH1998
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 503 DCDI · 52 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A0B60D (octal 50133015)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 21, 2006
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Registered before Jan 31, 2008 · April 25, 2007
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00277129
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Welch John T
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2061 Gun Club Rd
Texarkana, TX 75501-2519
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N145JB, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Welch John T, an individual, certificate issued September 21, 2006, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated April 25, 2007, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial WH1998 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N145JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bumgarner Johnny G CA65 SKY FLY (serial 001, cancelled April 21, 2003). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N145JB: Accident on June 15, 2002 at Warrensburg, MO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bumgarner CA65 Sky Fly · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll. A factor associated with the accident was the overload failure of the right main landing gear.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data