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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N59JW

Wardell Gerard J 400

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N59JW is a Wardell Gerard J 400, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in League City, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 1, 2016.

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Aircraft

Maker
Wardell Gerard J
Model
400
Serial number
1
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 · Rotax 447 · 40 hp
Seats
1
Year built
2016
Transponder code
A79BEB (octal 51715753)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 16, 2021
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 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 · July 1, 2016
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00811865

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Castleman Thomas G
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
1035 Walnut Pointe
League City, TX 77573-0902

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N59JW links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rotax 447 135 aircraft with this engine series · 40 hp
Place

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The public federal record on N59JW, 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 Castleman Thomas G, an individual, certificate issued November 16, 2021, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 1, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N59JW 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 N59JW. 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 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 September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data