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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N4878H

Schneider Paul J WAG-AERO WAGABOND

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York

N4878H is a Schneider Paul J WAG-AERO WAGABOND, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Middleburgh, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 20, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 22, 2012.

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Aircraft

Maker
Schneider Paul J
Model
WAG-AERO WAGABOND
Serial number
1557
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 · Cont Motor C90-12F · 95 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2012
Transponder code
A60612 (octal 51403022)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 20, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 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 22, 2012
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00043409

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Parkes Kenneth J
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
205 Hard Scrabble Rd
Middleburgh, NY 12122-4919

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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

1989-05-23Piper PA-17 · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Connections how N4878H links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Middleburgh, NY 2 aircraft registered in this town
  • New York 6,663 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N4878H, 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 Parkes Kenneth J, an individual, certificate issued January 20, 2022, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 22, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1557 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4878H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-17 (serial 17177, cancelled May 23, 1989). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N4878H. 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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data