Single-engine piston

N52B

1988 Homebuilt PITTS S-1E

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1988
Serial
8-0084
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming I0360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Red Baron LLC (LLC)
Based
Middletown, DE
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Registration record

N52B on the FAA register

Type
1988 Homebuilt PITTS S-1E
Serial
8-0084
Engines
Lycoming I0360 series
Registered owner
Red Baron LLC
Middletown, DE
Certificate issued
2025-10-09
Airworthiness date
1988-05-18
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A686AE
Mode S (octal)
51503256
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N52B.
  • 1988-05-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
Overview

About N52B

N52B is a 1988 Homebuilt PITTS S-1E, serial number 8-0084. The FAA register lists Red Baron LLC as the registrant in Middletown, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 9, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming I0360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated May 18, 1988.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N52B. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2024-11-17 Accident · Seguin, TX Damage: Substantial NTSB · CEN25LA043
Reported aircraft: Pitts S1E — a different aircraft that carried the N52B registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The improper construction of the rudder cable assembly by the airplane builder, which resulted in the fatigue failure of the left rudder cable during the landing roll and the pilot’s subsequent inability to maintain directional control.
NTSB report ↗

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.