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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N44FF

Wemple SCHREDER HP-18

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKansas

N44FF is a Wemple SCHREDER HP-18, a glider with no engine, built in 1978. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Kansas City, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 6, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 12, 1979.

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Aircraft

Maker
Wemple
Model
SCHREDER HP-18
Serial number
35
Type
GliderFAA type of aircraft code 1 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
NoneFAA type of engine code 0 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · None NONE
Seats
1
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
60 mph
Transponder code
A548C7 (octal 51244307)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 6, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 12, 1979
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00682270

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Meacham Bruce e
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
4860 N 123Rd St
Kansas City, KS 66109-3803

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N44FF links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Wemple 1 aircraft on the register
Place
  • Kansas City, KS 41 aircraft registered in this town
  • Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N44FF, 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 Meacham Bruce e, an individual, certificate issued December 6, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 12, 1979, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 35 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N44FF according to the deregistered file. [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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N44FF. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data