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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C
N44HV is an Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chandler, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 19, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated July 9, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aviat Aircraft Inc
- Model
- S-2C · all S-2Cs 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 Pitts: a welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings under fabric. This is how the Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2 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
- 6056
- 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 · Lycoming AEIO-540 SER · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Transponder code
- A54907 (octal 51244407)
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 19, 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 · Normal; AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code NA (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 9, 2003
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00034229
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Marinella Steve
- 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
- 505 e Alamo Dr
Chandler, AZ 85225-1223
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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 N44HV links to the rest of the register
- Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2 57 registered
- Aviat Aircraft Inc 971 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
- Lycoming AEIO-540 series 434 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Chandler, AZ 444 aircraft registered in this town
- Chandler Municipal · CHD
- Stellar Airpark · P19
- Arizona 8,430 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2 10 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2 14 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-540 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming AEIO-540 series 150 reports since 1995
- Where N44HV is now · Last seen today at 11:50 am.
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The public federal record on N44HV, 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 Marinella Steve, an individual, certificate issued April 19, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; acrobatic, dated July 9, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6056 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N44HV was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 421B (serial 421B0652, cancelled June 4, 1991). 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]
2 NTSB records under N44HV: Accident on December 9, 2013 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 20, 1988 at Winner, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat Aircraft INC S 2C · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing, which resulted in impact with a runway identifier sign, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action to take the controls and initiate a go-around.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 421B · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data