Single-engine piston

N14DE

1981 Homebuilt Dke SKYBOLT-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
1
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Thomasville, NC
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Registration record

N14DE on the FAA register

Type
1981 Homebuilt Dke SKYBOLT-1
Serial
1
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Thomasville, NC
Certificate issued
2025-06-26
Airworthiness date
1982-04-08
Registration expires
2032-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A0A0A7
Mode S (octal)
50120247
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-06-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N14DE.
  • 1982-04-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1981
    Manufactured (1981).
Overview

About N14DE

N14DE is a 1981 Homebuilt Dke SKYBOLT-1, serial number 1. It is registered to an individual in Thomasville, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 26, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated April 8, 1982.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N14DE. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-04-25 Accident · Germantown, TN Damage: Substantial NTSB · MIA01LA128
Reported aircraft: Steen Aero Lab Skybolt I — a different aircraft that carried the N14DE registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to conduct proper preflight planning and preparation, resulting in fuel exhaustion during cruise flight, and the subsequent emergency descent and forced landing to a residential street colliding with a vehicle, utility pole, mail box, and street sign.

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.