Single-engine piston

N18UN

1980 Homebuilt PITTS Special

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
RR1
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-290 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Carello Aerospace LLC (LLC)
Based
Deltona, FL
Registration record

N18UN on the FAA register

Type
1980 Homebuilt PITTS Special
Serial
RR1
Engines
Lycoming O-290 series
Registered owner
Carello Aerospace LLC
Deltona, FL
Certificate issued
2025-02-17
Airworthiness date
1980-09-19
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A14022
Mode S (octal)
50240042
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N18UN.
  • 1980-09-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
Overview

About N18UN

N18UN is a 1980 Homebuilt PITTS Special, serial number RR1. The FAA register lists Carello Aerospace LLC as the registrant in Deltona, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 17, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-290 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 19, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N18UN. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1981-07-29 Accident · Russelville,Pa, 38 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2028
Reported aircraft: Pitts S-1C — a different aircraft that carried the N18UN registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TD.LNDD IN FLD OF TALL ALFALFA.

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.