Single-engine piston

N5WD

1980 Homebuilt PITTS S-1-S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
105D
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Sonoma Valley Aircraft Inc (Corporation)
Based
Vineburg, CA
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Registration record

N5WD on the FAA register

Type
1980 Homebuilt PITTS S-1-S
Serial
105D
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Sonoma Valley Aircraft Inc
Vineburg, CA
Certificate issued
2014-03-12
Airworthiness date
1984-01-31
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A63736
Mode S (octal)
51433466
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2014-03-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N5WD.
  • 1984-01-31
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1980
    Manufactured (1980).
Overview

About N5WD

N5WD is a 1980 Homebuilt PITTS S-1-S, serial number 105D. The FAA register lists Sonoma Valley Aircraft Inc as the registrant in Vineburg, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 12, 2014 and expires on March 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated January 31, 1984.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5WD. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2005-05-21 Accident · Lake Wales, FL Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · MIA05LA106
Reported aircraft: Pitts S1S — a different aircraft that carried the N5WD registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: Improper maintenance inspection by other maintenance personnel, which resulted in a loose fuel line fitting going undetected, a fuel leak onto exhaust piping, and a fire.

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.