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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N890JH

N890JH is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Hughlett John D CHALLENGER II. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 21, 1997. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".

Hughlett John D CHALLENGER II cancelled January 21, 1997

Serial number
CH20690R0537
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
June 12, 1991
Last FAA action
December 21, 1994
Last owner
Hughlett John D (Individual)
Nortonville, KY
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N890JH

BFO95LA079Accident on August 10, 1995 at Madisonville, KY: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughlett CHALLENGER II · serial CH20690R0537

an intermittent short of the ignition system, due to improper maintenance/modification of the engine, which resulted in partial loss of engine power; and failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the ground. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's lack of recent flight experience.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site