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A Beechcraft 77 Skipper, the same model family as N38644
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026
N38644

Beech 77

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlabama

N38644 is a Beech 77, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Greensboro, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 1, 1992 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated May 11, 1981.

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Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
77 · all 77s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The Skipper trainer. This is how the Beechcraft 77 Skipper family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
WA-275
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A47495 (octal 51072225)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 1, 1992
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 11, 1981
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00550574

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Harper Benjamin F III
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1620 CO Rd 4
Greensboro, AL 36744

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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

1970-09-01Piper J5A · Valid registration

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N38644, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Harper Benjamin F III, an individual, certificate issued September 1, 1992, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial WA-275 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N38644 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J5A (serial 5-1029, cancelled September 1, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N38644. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data