Single-engine piston

N55888

1980 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1SL

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
7-0382
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wild Horse Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Tabor City, NC
Registration record

N55888 on the FAA register

Type
1980 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1SL
Serial
7-0382
Engines
Lycoming IO-360 series
Registered owner
Wild Horse Aviation LLC
Tabor City, NC
Certificate issued
2022-03-31
Airworthiness date
2015-10-28
Registration expires
2029-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A720B4
Mode S (octal)
51620264
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2022-03-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N55888 to the current registrant.
  • 2015-10-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1980
    Manufactured (1980).
  • 1974-04-23
    N55888 previously assigned to a Piper J-3 Cub / J3 Cub / L-4 Cub (s/n 10454); cancelled.
Overview

About N55888

N55888 is a 1980 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1SL, serial number 7-0382. The FAA register lists Wild Horse Aviation LLC as the registrant in Tabor City, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 31, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated October 28, 2015.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N55888.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N55888.

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.