N444WHHaynes F M LANCAIR IV
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Chelan, WA
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 20, 1995
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Haynes F M
- Model
- LANCAIR IV
- Serial number
- 100
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A55B75
Engine
- Make and model
- Ama/Expr Unknown Eng
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- until nowIndividual ownerChelan, WA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Landing gear · strut · collapsedFeb 23, 1996
DURING TAKEOFF AND GEAR RETRACTION, THE FREE CASTERING NOSE GEAR TURNED SIDEWAYS, AND, THEREFORE UPON EXTENSION, THE NOSE GEAR STAYED SIDEWAYS AND COLLAPSED ON ROLL-OUT. THE SUSPECT CAUSE IS NO SELF-CENTERNG MECHANISM IN THE STRUT ASSY. AN ADDITIONAL CAUSE FOR COLLAPSED GEAR ARE GEAR SUPPORT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · solenoid · failedJun 16, 1995
PANEL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF GEAR DID NOT LOCK AND THERE WERE NO GEAR LIGHTS AVAILABLE. GEAR LOCKS OKAY ON GROUND.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026