Single-engine piston

N4028T

2003 Homebuilt Usu WRIGHT Flyer M C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2003
Serial
USURF1
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Thunderbird Chapter 189 Air Force Association (Corporation)
Based
Las Vegas, NV
Registration record

N4028T on the FAA register

Type
2003 Homebuilt Usu WRIGHT Flyer M C
Serial
USURF1
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Thunderbird Chapter 189 Air Force Association
Las Vegas, NV
Certificate issued
2017-08-30
Airworthiness date
2003-03-28
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A4B791
Mode S (octal)
51133621
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2017-08-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N4028T to the current registrant.
  • 2003-03-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1999-06-10
    N4028T previously assigned to a Hiller UH-12E (s/n 5097); cancelled.
Overview

About N4028T

N4028T is a 2003 Homebuilt Usu WRIGHT Flyer M C, serial number USURF1. The FAA register lists Thunderbird Chapter 189 Air Force Association as the registrant in Las Vegas, Nevada. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 30, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 28, 2003.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4028T. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1998-06-02 Accident · Delaplaine, AR Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW98LA253
Reported aircraft: Hiller UH-12E — a different aircraft that carried the N4028T registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The failure of maintenance personnel to comply with and airworthiness directive, which resulted in failure of the planetary gear due to lack of lubrication. A contributing factors was the lack of suitable terrain for the pilot to execute a forced landing.
1989-09-28 Accident · Hudsonville, MI Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · CHI89DEM09
Reported aircraft: Hiller UH-12E — a different aircraft that carried the N4028T registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE FATIGUE FAILURE OF ONE OF THE TENSION-TORSION PINS.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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