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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Powrachute Corp PC 2000
N440AB is a Powrachute Corp PC 2000, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Howell Aviation LLC, an LLC in Orlando, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 21, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated July 20, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Powrachute Corp
- Model
- PC 2000 · all PC 2000s and related versions
- Built of
- fabric wing and steel frameA powered parachute: a fabric wing above a steel-tube cart with the engine and seats. This is how the Powrachute Corp PC 2000 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
- A62POW
- Type
- Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582SER · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A54A9F (octal 51245237)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 21, 2023
- Expires
- July 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 20, 2007
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00363889
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Howell Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4500 N Hiawassee Rd
Orlando, FL 32818-1706
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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
Connections how N440AB links to the rest of the register
- Powrachute Corp PC 2000 37 registered
- Powrachute Corp 128 aircraft on the register
- Built of fabric wing and steel frame · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 582 series 1,192 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Howell Aviation LLC 9 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Orlando, FL 580 aircraft registered in this town
- Kissimmee Gateway Airport · ISM
- Orlando Executive · ORL
- Orlando International · MCO
- Orlando Sanford International · SFB
- Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Rotax 582 series 1 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N440AB.json.
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The public federal record on N440AB, 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 Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 21, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated July 20, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial A62POW for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N440AB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 402C (serial 402C0440, cancelled July 2, 2002). 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 N440AB: Accident on June 8, 1999 at Fort Lauderdale, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 402C · operated under 135
The pilot's decision takeoff with condensation on the cockpit windows which restricted visibility, his improper use of aileron control, improper compensation for winds during takeoff, and his failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, resulting in the aircraft running off the left side of the runway, colliding with a taxiway sign and ditch, and collapsing the landing gear.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data