Single-engine piston

N50873

1979 Homebuilt PITTS S1C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
JR-1
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Leesburg, VA
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Registration record

N50873 on the FAA register

Type
1979 Homebuilt PITTS S1C
Serial
JR-1
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Leesburg, VA
Certificate issued
2010-08-11
Airworthiness date
1980-06-13
Registration expires
2028-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A65B11
Mode S (octal)
51455421
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2010-08-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N50873 to the current registrant.
  • 1980-06-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1979
    Manufactured (1979).
  • 1970-04-23
    N50873 previously assigned to a Cessna 150J (s/n 15069612); cancelled.
Overview

About N50873

N50873 is a 1979 Homebuilt PITTS S1C, serial number JR-1. It is registered to an individual in Leesburg, Virginia. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 11, 2010 and expires on June 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 13, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N50873. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1970-02-09 Accident · Princeton,Mass, 21 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0068
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N50873 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.