Marlowe Thooft JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER
N234HW is a Marlowe Thooft JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Russell, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 16, 2012 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 16, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Marlowe Thooft
- Model
- JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER
- Serial number
- JA262-03-12
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912 · 80 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2012
- Kit
- JUST AIRCRAFT LLC HIGHLANDER
- Transponder code
- A21820 (octal 50414040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 16, 2012
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 16, 2012
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01106099
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thooft Marlowe
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 204 Water St Box 167
Russell, MN 56169
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N234HW, 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 Thooft Marlowe, an individual, certificate issued October 16, 2012, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 16, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JA262-03-12 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N234HW according to the deregistered file. [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 N234HW: Accident on August 7, 2021 at Brainerd, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Marlowe Thooft JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing that resulted in an impact with terrain.
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