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Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER
N553GW is a Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated September 24, 2008.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Just Aircraft Llc
- Model
- HIGHLANDER · all HIGHLANDERs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER 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
- JAE5C0106
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2008
- Transponder code
- A70B3B (octal 51605473)
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 27, 2015
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 24, 2008
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00454929
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wagner Conrad L
- 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
- 24 County Road 138
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601-9708
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N553GW links to the rest of the register
- Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER 7 registered
- Just Aircraft Llc 9 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Jabiru 3300 475 aircraft with this engine series · 120 hp
- Glenwood Springs, CO 31 aircraft registered in this town
- Kgws Sumers Airpark · GWS
- Colorado 7,485 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N553GW.json.
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The public federal record on N553GW, 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 Wagner Conrad L, an individual, certificate issued January 27, 2015, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated September 24, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JAE5C0106 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N553GW 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]
1 NTSB record under N553GW: Accident on March 28, 2014 at Yakima, WA: 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Just Aircraft LLC HIGHLANDER · operated under 091
The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting crosswind conditions and the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision, resulting in a loss of directional control during the landing roll.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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