Single-engine piston

N14JK

1977 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1977
Serial
7978
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum (Corporation)
Based
Poplar Grove, IL
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Registration record

N14JK on the FAA register

Type
1977 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1S
Serial
7978
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum
Poplar Grove, IL
Certificate issued
2024-02-28
Airworthiness date
1986-10-29
Registration expires
2031-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A0A129
Mode S (octal)
50120451
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-02-28
    Certificate of registration issued as N14JK.
  • 1986-10-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1977
    Manufactured (1977).
Overview

About N14JK

N14JK is a 1977 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1S, serial number 7978. The FAA register lists Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum as the registrant in Poplar Grove, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 28, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031.

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 (amateur-built), dated October 29, 1986.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N14JK. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1985-10-06 Accident · Hartford, WI Damage: Minor NTSB · CHI86LA005A
Reported aircraft: Todd PITTS — a different aircraft that carried the N14JK registration before this airframe.

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.