Single-engine piston

N44289

Homebuilt Johnson Kitfox 1-A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
J-98-01
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Hirth F30
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Philadelphia, PA
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Registration record

N44289 on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt Johnson Kitfox 1-A
Serial
J-98-01
Engines
Hirth F30
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Philadelphia, PA
Certificate issued
2024-03-29
Airworthiness date
2000-10-18
Registration expires
2031-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A5559D
Mode S (octal)
51252635
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-03-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N44289 to the current registrant.
  • 2000-10-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1992-01-30
    N44289 previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 140 / PA-28 Cherokee / Cherokee 160 (s/n 287425400); cancelled.
  • 1956-02-29
    N44289 previously assigned to a Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (s/n 10089); cancelled.
Overview

About N44289

N44289 is a Homebuilt Johnson Kitfox 1-A, serial number J-98-01. It is registered to an individual in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 29, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Hirth F30 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated October 18, 2000.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N44289. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-08-07 Accident · Wawayanda, NY Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC91FA205
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 — a different aircraft that carried the N44289 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT STARTED A SPIN MANEUVER AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO ALLOW RECOVERY. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 2500 FEEL MSL.

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.