Single-engine piston

N521R

1943 Vickers Spitfire Mark IX

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1943
Serial
CBAF-1X-1886
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rolls-Royce MERLIN
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Apex Foundation (Corporation)
Based
Bellevue, WA
Registration record

N521R on the FAA register

Type
1943 Vickers Spitfire Mark IX
Serial
CBAF-1X-1886
Engines
Rolls-Royce MERLIN
Registered owner
Apex Foundation
Bellevue, WA
Certificate issued
2001-12-12
Airworthiness date
1990-04-06
Registration expires
2029-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A68E1C
Mode S (octal)
51507034
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2001-12-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N521R.
  • 1990-04-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N521R

N521R is a 1943 Vickers Spitfire Mark IX, serial number CBAF-1X-1886. The FAA register lists Apex Foundation as the registrant in Bellevue, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 12, 2001 and expires on August 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rolls-Royce MERLIN engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated April 6, 1990.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N521R.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N521R.

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

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