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A Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER, the same model family as N9085N
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N9085N

Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNorth Carolina
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N9085N is a Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to G-Dawg LLC, an LLC in Highlands, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 23, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated March 28, 2006.

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Aircraft

Maker
Just Aircraft Llc
Model
HIGHLANDER · all HIGHLANDERs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Just Aircraft Llc HIGHLANDER 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
JAESC0019
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 914 SERIES · 100 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
Seats
2
Year built
2006
Transponder code
AC8FF8 (octal 53107770)

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 23, 2006
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 28, 2006
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00242719

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
G-Dawg LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
76 Cheyenne Dr
Highlands, NC 28741-0699

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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

2002-09-30Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S71A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1990-10-24Piper PA-28-181 · exported to Germany · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Connections how N9085N links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • G-Dawg LLC 6 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
Place
  • Highlands, NC 12 aircraft registered in this town
  • North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
Record
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The public federal record on N9085N, 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 G-Dawg LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 23, 2006, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated March 28, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JAESC0019 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9085N was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Aerostar International Inc RAVEN S71A (serial S71A-3012, cancelled September 30, 2002); Piper PA-28-181 (serial 288690046, cancelled October 24, 1990). 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N9085N: Accident on April 2, 2006 at Walhalla, SC: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

ATL06LA060Accident on April 2, 2006 at Walhalla, SC: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Just Aircraft LLC Highlander · operated under 091

The pilot and owner/builders failure to determine the reason for partial loss of engine power resulting in loss of engine power due to fuel system contamination on a subsequent flight.

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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

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data