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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Beech D17S
N44562 is a Beech D17S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1944. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Batavia, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 15, 1956.
Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 12:39 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- D17S · all D17Ss and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Staggerwing: a welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all under fabric. This is how the Beechcraft D17 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
- 6923
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1944
- Cruising speed
- 158 mph
- Transponder code
- A56075 (octal 51260165)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · July 15, 1956
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00952594
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hansen Scott G
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 642 Lusted Ln
Batavia, IL 60510-1988
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N44562 links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft D17 127 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Batavia, IL 23 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,049 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Beechcraft D17 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft D17 4 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft D17 11 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
- Where N44562 is now · Last seen October 12 at 12:39 pm.
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The public federal record on N44562, 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 Hansen Scott G, an individual, certificate issued April 20, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 15, 1956, 12 years after the 1944 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 6923 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N44562 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 N44562: Accident on August 3, 2017 at Colorado Springs, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 18, 2011 at Phoenix, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech D17S · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech D17S · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to extend 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data