Single-engine piston

N408W

2016 Homebuilt Skipspecial

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2016
Serial
001
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental IO-550-G
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rocket 57 LLC (LLC)
Based
Scottsdale, AZ
Registration record

N408W on the FAA register

Type
2016 Homebuilt Skipspecial
Serial
001
Engines
Continental IO-550-G
Registered owner
Rocket 57 LLC
Scottsdale, AZ
Certificate issued
2025-10-16
Airworthiness date
2016-07-09
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A4CC4D
Mode S (octal)
51146115
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N408W to the current registrant.
  • 2016-07-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1948-03-25
    N408W previously assigned to a Travel Air 12-W (s/n 12W-2018); cancelled.
Overview

About N408W

N408W is a 2016 Homebuilt Skipspecial, serial number 001. The FAA register lists Rocket 57 LLC as the registrant in Scottsdale, Arizona. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 16, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental IO-550-G engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated July 9, 2016.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N408W.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N408W.

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.