Single-engine piston

N109RD

1996 Homebuilt DR 109

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1996
Serial
001-P
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Valiair Lc Trustee (LLC)
Based
Casper, WY
Registration record

N109RD on the FAA register

Type
1996 Homebuilt DR 109
Serial
001-P
Engines
Lycoming IO-540 series
Registered owner
Valiair Lc Trustee
Casper, WY
Certificate issued
2022-04-28
Airworthiness date
1996-07-23
Registration expires
2029-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A0279E
Mode S (octal)
50023636
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2022-04-28
    Certificate of registration issued as N109RD to the current registrant.
  • 1996-07-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1984-05-03
    N109RD previously assigned to a Douglas DC-8F-54 (s/n 45674); cancelled.
Overview

About N109RD

N109RD is a 1996 Homebuilt DR 109, serial number 001-P. The FAA register lists Valiair Lc Trustee as the registrant in Casper, Wyoming. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 28, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-540 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated July 23, 1996.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N109RD. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-09-14 Incident · Pacific Ocean, 91 Damage: None NTSB · 4 0018
Reported aircraft: Douglas DC8F — a different aircraft that carried the N109RD registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: UDE-LONGITUDINAL TRIM SYSTM STALLED BY CREW ACTION

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.