N4045 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Vertical Aviation Technologies 260L HUMMINGBIRD built in 2010. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 5, 2022. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N4045 is reserved by a private party since February 5, 2022. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Vertical Aviation Technologies 260L HUMMINGBIRD cancelled February 5, 2022
- Serial number
- 1079
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2010
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 26, 2015
- Last FAA action
- August 17, 2018
- Last owner
- Zeigler Corey M (Individual)
Harrisville, NY - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Great Lakes HOMEBUILT cancelled October 26, 1995
- Serial number
- 6906F161B
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 30, 1992
- Last FAA action
- September 28, 1995
- Last owner
- Connor Jack (Individual)
Radford, VA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N4045
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vertical Aviation Technologies 260L HUMMINGBIRD · serial 1079
The failure of an electric fuel pump, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power during cruise flight.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jacanin GREAT LAKES · serial 6906F161B
FUEL STARVATION DUE TO THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY POSITION THE FUEL SELECTOR IN THE FULL 'ON' SETTING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND THE LOCATION OF THE TEMPORARY RADIO INSTALLATION WHICH LIMITED THE PILOT'S VIEW OF THE SELECTOR VALVE.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site