Single-engine piston

N19998

1981 Homebuilt Varieze

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
252
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental O-200 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Santa Paula, CA
Registration record

N19998 on the FAA register

Type
1981 Homebuilt Varieze
Serial
252
Engines
Continental O-200 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Santa Paula, CA
Certificate issued
2019-05-02
Airworthiness date
1981-11-19
Registration expires
2029-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A18D4E
Mode S (octal)
50306516
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-05-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N19998 to the current registrant.
  • 2009-08-12
    N19998 previously assigned to a Cessna 172M Skyhawk / 172 Skyhawk / 172K Skyhawk (s/n 17260921); cancelled.
  • 1981-11-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1947-09-18
    N19998 previously assigned to a North American Aviation X-73 (s/n 75-3097); cancelled.
Overview

About N19998

N19998 is a 1981 Homebuilt Varieze, serial number 252. It is registered to an individual in Santa Paula, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 2, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental O-200 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated November 19, 1981.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N19998. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2005-09-14 Accident · Amarillo, TX Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · DFW05CA237
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172M — a different aircraft that carried the N19998 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the reported loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the high density altitude.

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.