Single-engine piston

N1078Z

1963 Homebuilt 5 F6F - 5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1963
Serial
27354801-66
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
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Registration record

N1078Z on the FAA register

Type
1963 Homebuilt 5 F6F - 5
Serial
27354801-66
Engines
P & W R-2800 series
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
1991-09-06
Airworthiness date
1979-05-25
Registration expires
2028-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A0223D
Mode S (octal)
50021075
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1991-09-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N1078Z.
  • 1979-05-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1963
    Manufactured (1963).
Overview

About N1078Z

N1078Z is a 1963 Homebuilt 5 F6F - 5, serial number 27354801-66. The FAA register lists American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Inc as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 6, 1991 and expires on June 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-2800 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 25, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1078Z. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-10-25 Accident · Minneapolis Minn, 23 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3317
Reported aircraft: Grumman F6F5 — a different aircraft that carried the N1078Z registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: AGM

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.