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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N773HG

Vernon Goodrich JA20 HIGHLANDER

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Carolina

N773HG is a Vernon Goodrich JA20 HIGHLANDER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 15, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Vernon Goodrich
Model
JA20 HIGHLANDER
Serial number
JAESC0139
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 912 · 80 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
Seats
2
Year built
2022
Transponder code
AA74E2 (octal 52472342)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 17, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 17, 2024
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 · December 15, 2022
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01381322

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Williams Stephen Jesse
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
181 Caney Fork Rd
Cullowhee, NC 28723-8040

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N773HG links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rotax 912 241 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
Place
  • Cullowhee, NC 3 aircraft registered in this town
  • North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N773HG, 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 Williams Stephen Jesse, an individual, certificate issued May 17, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 15, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JAESC0139 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N773HG 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 N773HG. 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