Single-engine piston

N4987N

1979 Homebuilt PITTS Special

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
2
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-360-A1D
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
San Antonio, TX
Registration record

N4987N on the FAA register

Type
1979 Homebuilt PITTS Special
Serial
2
Engines
Lycoming O-360-A1D
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
San Antonio, TX
Certificate issued
2010-04-08
Airworthiness date
1979-08-03
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A6312A
Mode S (octal)
51430452
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2010-04-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N4987N to the current registrant.
  • 1979-08-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1971-01-21
    N4987N previously assigned to a North American Navion (s/n 471355); cancelled.
Overview

About N4987N

N4987N is a 1979 Homebuilt PITTS Special, serial number 2. It is registered to an individual in San Antonio, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 8, 2010 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-360-A1D engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated August 3, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4987N. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-04-22 Accident · Clovis N Mex, 31 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0998
Reported aircraft: Navion L17 — a different aircraft that carried the N4987N 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.