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N444CF

Cecil L Ford HIGHLANDER

Valid Texas

N444CF is a Cecil L Ford HIGHLANDER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Magnolia, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 31, 2024.

Aircraft

Maker
Cecil L Ford
Model
HIGHLANDER
Serial number
JA595-08-20
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2024
Kit
JUST AIRCRAFT LLC HIGHLANDER
Transponder code
A559B1 (octal 51254661)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 11, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 11, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · January 31, 2024
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01427920

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ford Cecil L
Type
Individual
Address
14218 Decker Dr
Magnolia, TX 77355-8472

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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

2018-03-13Piper PA-28-161 · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N444CF, 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 Ford Cecil L, an individual, certificate issued January 11, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 31, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JA595-08-20 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N444CF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 28-7816035, cancelled March 13, 2018). 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N444CF: Accident on September 4, 2007 at William-Sodus, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

NYC07CA216Accident on September 4, 2007 at William-Sodus, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 28-7816035

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA28-161 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper flare at touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC07CA216 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data