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A Hiller UH-12, the same model family as N4977E
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N4977E

Hiller UH-12A

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

N4977E is a Hiller UH-12A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1951. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Thornton, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated August 1, 1983.

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Aircraft

Maker
Hiller
Model
UH-12A · all UH-12As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Hiller UH-12 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
254
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 · Franklin 6A&6V335 SER · 210 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1951
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A62D6B (octal 51426553)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 15, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 1, 1983
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00300745

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wyllie Ashton R J Trustee
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
503 Mill Brook Rd
Thornton, NH 03285-6349

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N4977E links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Franklin 6A&6V335 series 71 aircraft with this engine series · 210 hp
  • Type certificate 6H1 · held by Siam Hiller Holdings INC
Place
  • Thornton, NH 2 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Hampshire 1,560 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N4977E, 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 Wyllie Ashton R J Trustee, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 1, 1983, 32 years after the 1951 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 254 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4977E 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 N4977E. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data