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N9044T

Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois

N9044T is a Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1975. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation in Rochelle, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2012 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control.

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Aircraft

Maker
Continental Copters Inc
Model
TOMCAT MK5A · all TOMCAT MK5As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Continental Copters Inc TOMCAT MK5A family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
CCI75-1
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
3
Year built
1975
Transponder code
AC80FE (octal 53100376)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 16, 2012
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00347618

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hendrickson Flying Service INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
21532 Quintno Rd
Rochelle, IL 61068

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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 1

1960-10-28Cessna 182C · exported to Argentina · Valid registration

Connections how N9044T links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
  • Type certificate H5SW · held by Scott'S-Bell 47 INC
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9044T, 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 Hendrickson Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 16, 2012, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CCI75-1 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9044T was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182C (serial 52944, cancelled October 28, 1960). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N9044T. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

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