Howell Bob HOWELL SPECIAL
N4393H is a Howell Bob HOWELL SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Washoe Valley, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 5, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 1, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Howell Bob
- Model
- HOWELL SPECIAL
- Serial number
- 058-111/112-898
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- AVIPRO AIRCRAFT LTD BEARHAWK
- Transponder code
- A54756 (octal 51243526)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 5, 2006
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 1, 2009
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00268049
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Howell Bob
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6190 Franktown Rd
Washoe Valley, NV 89704-8529
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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 3
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4393H, 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 Howell Bob, an individual, certificate issued July 5, 2006, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 1, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 058-111/112-898 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4393H was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Howell Robert D ZENITH CH-701 (serial 7-3691, cancelled April 2, 2002); Mooney M20J (serial 240722, cancelled November 18, 1994); Piper PA-15 (serial 15-178, cancelled September 7, 1951). 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]
2 NTSB records under N4393H: Accident on May 27, 2016 at Minden, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 7, 1994 at Edgartown, MA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Howell Bob HOWELL SPECIAL · operated under 091
The failure of the right main landing gear assembly due to overstress fracture.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR16LA117 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20J · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THAT FAILED TO REMOVE THE PITOT TUBE COVER WHICH LED TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO94FA091 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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