Grumman HU-16B
N44HQ is a Grumman HU-16B, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 8 seats. It is registered to N44Hq Flyingboats LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 25, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; exhibition; crew training; market survey, dated March 21, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grumman
- Model
- HU-16B
- Serial number
- 51-025
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Wright R-1820-80 · 1475 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 168 mph
- Transponder code
- A54902 (octal 51244402)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 25, 2023
- Expires
- October 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development; Exhibition; Crew training; Market survey · March 21, 2025
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00614961
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N44Hq Flyingboats LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 4501 Aircraft Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-0905
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data