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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Johnson Darrell S SAVANNAH
N774A is a Johnson Darrell S SAVANNAH, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Junction, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 21, 2025.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Johnson Darrell S
- Model
- SAVANNAH
- Serial number
- 02-10-51-173
- 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 · Rotax 912ULS · 100 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Kit
- LIGHT WING AIRCRAFT LLC SAVANNAH
- Transponder code
- AA77E3 (octal 52473743)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 25, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 25, 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 · August 21, 2025
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00191709
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thorson Melvin e
- 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
- 609 29 3/8 Rd
Grand Junction, CO 81504-5802
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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 2
Connections how N774A links to the rest of the register
- Johnson Darrell S 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912ULS 62 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Grand Junction, CO 162 aircraft registered in this town
- Grand Junction Regional · GJT
- Colorado 7,464 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N774A, 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 Thorson Melvin e, an individual, certificate issued July 25, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 21, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 02-10-51-173 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N774A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Ankerstar Bradley D RAND-ROBINSON KR2 (serial 130, cancelled August 29, 2013); Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (serial 303, cancelled March 14, 1995). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N774A: Accident on May 11, 2013 at Hamilton, OH: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 14, 2010 at Hamilton, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ankestar, Bradley D. RAND-ROBINSON KR2 · operated under 091
The loss of engine power due to vapor lock in the fuel system. Contributing to the accident was the operation of the airplane with automotive gasoline and the installation of noninsulated fuel components near heat sources in the engine compartment.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ankerstar Bradley D RAND-ROBINSON KR2 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing and collapsed landing gear.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data