Kendall W R/Mclaughlin J RANS S-10 SAKOTA
N444YB is a Kendall W R/Mclaughlin J RANS S-10 SAKOTA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1993. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clinton, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 31, 2007.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Kendall W R/Mclaughlin J
- Model
- RANS S-10 SAKOTA
- Serial number
- 1JB
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 582DCDI · 65 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A55BA1 (octal 51255641)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 16, 2011
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 31, 2007
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00234172
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Herring Morris Clifford JR
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 103 Reynard Path
Clinton, NC 28328-3117
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N444YB, 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 Herring Morris Clifford JR, an individual, certificate issued May 16, 2011, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 31, 2007, 14 years after the 1993 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1JB for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N444YB according to the deregistered file. [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 N444YB: Accident on June 12, 2011 at Bennettsville, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 9, 1999 at Hudson, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kendall W R/Mclaughlin J RANS S-10 SAKOTA · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight familiarization of the airstrip.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA11CA339 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kendall/Mckaughlin RANS S-10 SAKOTA · operated under 091
Inadequate preflight planning when the pilot failed to evaluate aircraft performance and weather. Factors were high density altitude, and unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN00LA006 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