Single-engine piston

N617D

2003 Homebuilt Baby Ace-D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2003
Serial
002
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental C85-8F
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Ford, WA
Registration record

N617D on the FAA register

Type
2003 Homebuilt Baby Ace-D
Serial
002
Engines
Continental C85-8F
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Ford, WA
Certificate issued
2012-08-14
Airworthiness date
2012-08-02
Registration expires
2028-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A8090A
Mode S (octal)
52004412
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2012-08-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N617D to the current registrant.
  • 2012-08-02
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2003
    Manufactured (2003).
  • 1992-10-23
    N617D previously assigned to a Beechcraft C35 Bonanza / Bonanza C35 (s/n D2875); cancelled.
Overview

About N617D

N617D is a 2003 Homebuilt Baby Ace-D, serial number 002. It is registered to an individual in Ford, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 14, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental C85-8F engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated August 2, 2012.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N617D. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-08-05 Accident · Leslie, AR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW92FA202
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft C35 — a different aircraft that carried the N617D registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: PILOT ATTEMPTED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC. FACTORS WERE FOG, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.

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.