Single-engine piston

N51DY

2005 Homebuilt Thunder Mustang

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2005
Serial
DITM019
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Nurya LLC (LLC)
Based
Johns Island, SC
Registration record

N51DY on the FAA register

Type
2005 Homebuilt Thunder Mustang
Serial
DITM019
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Nurya LLC
Johns Island, SC
Certificate issued
2013-01-03
Airworthiness date
2005-08-27
Registration expires
2029-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A65F78
Mode S (octal)
51457570
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Papa 51 Ltd Co THUNDER MUSTANG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2013-01-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N51DY to the current registrant.
  • 2005-08-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1991-05-03
    N51DY previously assigned to a Homebuilt P51D (s/n EXP001A); cancelled.
Overview

About N51DY

N51DY is a 2005 Homebuilt Thunder Mustang, serial number DITM019. The FAA register lists Nurya LLC as the registrant in Johns Island, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 3, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029.

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 (amateur-built), dated August 27, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N51DY. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-11-10 Accident · Alamogordo, NM Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · DEN91DQA01
Reported aircraft: Young 2/3 Scale — a different aircraft that carried the N51DY registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON, IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.

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.