Single-engine piston

N526Z

1976 Homebuilt ZLIN 526F

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1976
Serial
1288
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Downers Grove, IL
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Registration record

N526Z on the FAA register

Type
1976 Homebuilt ZLIN 526F
Serial
1288
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Downers Grove, IL
Certificate issued
2024-06-22
Airworthiness date
1990-08-16
Registration expires
2031-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A6A177
Mode S (octal)
51520567
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-06-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N526Z to the current registrant.
  • 1990-08-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1976
    Manufactured (1976).
  • 1972-01-17
    N526Z previously assigned to a Homebuilt ZLIN 526F (s/n 1106); cancelled.
Overview

About N526Z

N526Z is a 1976 Homebuilt ZLIN 526F, serial number 1288. It is registered to an individual in Downers Grove, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 22, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031.

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 (exhibition), dated August 16, 1990.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N526Z. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1971-11-11 Accident · Lewisville,Tex, 43 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 3267
Reported aircraft: Zlin Z-526F — a different aircraft that carried the N526Z registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: AND SPIN INVERTED TO GRND.

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.