{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2025-03-21","airworthiness_ops":"Research and development; Exhibition; Crew training; Market survey","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-10-25","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":168,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"67098","engine_horsepower":1475,"engine_maker":"WRIGHT","engine_model":"R-1820-80","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-25","maker":"Grumman","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3950408","mode_s_code":"51244402","mode_s_hex":"A54902","model":"HU-16B","n_number":"N44HQ","name":"N44HQ FLYINGBOATS LLC","num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","region":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":8,"serial_number":"51-025","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4501 AIRCRAFT DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00614961","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N44HQ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1951,"zip":"995020905"}