Twin turboprop

N2308Z

1945 Homebuilt DH98 Mosquito T43

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1945
Serial
A52-1054
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × Rolls-Royce MERLIN 33
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Spitfire Ventures LLC (LLC)
Based
San Antonio, TX
Registration record

N2308Z on the FAA register

Type
1945 Homebuilt DH98 Mosquito T43
Serial
A52-1054
Engines
2 × Rolls-Royce MERLIN 33
Registered owner
Spitfire Ventures LLC
San Antonio, TX
Certificate issued
2024-05-31
Airworthiness date
2024-07-05
Registration expires
2031-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A20C08
Mode S (octal)
50406010
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-07-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2024-05-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N2308Z to the current registrant.
  • 2007-09-17
    N2308Z previously assigned to a Cessna 172R Skyhawk / 172 Skyhawk (s/n 17281401); cancelled.
  • 2003-10-09
    N2308Z previously assigned to a Beechcraft 23 Musketeer (s/n M-22); cancelled.
  • 1945
    Manufactured (1945).
Overview

About N2308Z

N2308Z is a 1945 Homebuilt DH98 Mosquito T43, serial number A52-1054. The FAA register lists Spitfire Ventures LLC as the registrant in San Antonio, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 31, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Rolls-Royce MERLIN 33 engines and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 5, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N2308Z. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1966-07-10 Accident · Mobile Ala, 01 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1954
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft 23 — a different aircraft that carried the N2308Z 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.