Johnson 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Johnson Darrell S
- Model
- SAVANNAH
- Serial number
- 02-10-51-173
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Kit
- LIGHT WING AIRCRAFT LLC SAVANNAH
- Transponder code
- AA77E3 (octal 52473743)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 25, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 25, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 21, 2025
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00191709
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thorson Melvin E
- Type
- Individual
- 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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA304 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN10CA238 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data