Single-engine piston

N38863

1917 Thomas Morse Aircraft S4C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1917
Serial
38663
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lerhone TYPE C
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc (Corporation)
Based
Virginia Beach, VA
Registration record

N38863 on the FAA register

Type
1917 Thomas Morse Aircraft S4C
Serial
38663
Engines
Lerhone TYPE C
Registered owner
Tsi Holdco Inc
Virginia Beach, VA
Certificate issued
2024-05-16
Airworthiness date
2019-02-14
Registration expires
2031-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A47C48
Mode S (octal)
51076110
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-05-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N38863 to the current registrant.
  • 2019-02-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1976-06-10
    N38863 previously assigned to a Piper J5A (s/n 51083); cancelled.
  • 1917
    Manufactured (1917).
Overview

About N38863

N38863 is a 1917 Thomas Morse Aircraft S4C, serial number 38663. The FAA register lists Tsi Holdco Inc as the registrant in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 16, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lerhone TYPE C engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 14, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N38863.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N38863.

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.