Single-engine piston

N4227U

1982 Homebuilt Baby Great Lakes

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1982
Serial
GJ-002
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Kansas Aviation Museum (Corporation)
Based
Wichita, KS
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Registration record

N4227U on the FAA register

Type
1982 Homebuilt Baby Great Lakes
Serial
GJ-002
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Kansas Aviation Museum
Wichita, KS
Certificate issued
2003-05-30
Airworthiness date
1982-07-26
Registration expires
2027-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A5066D
Mode S (octal)
51203155
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2003-05-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N4227U to the current registrant.
  • 1982-07-26
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1968-02-01
    N4227U previously assigned to a Cessna 150 (s/n 15060227); cancelled.
Overview

About N4227U

N4227U is a 1982 Homebuilt Baby Great Lakes, serial number GJ-002. The FAA register lists Kansas Aviation Museum as the registrant in Wichita, Kansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 30, 2003 and expires on April 30, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental A&C65 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated July 26, 1982.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4227U. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1967-12-24 Accident · Hillsboro,Kans, 16 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 1137
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150D — a different aircraft that carried the N4227U registration before this airframe.
1964-06-29 Accident · Cloudcroft N Mex, 31 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0432
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N4227U registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: PILOT-FLEW INTO AN AREA OF RISING TERRAIN

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.