Powered parachute

N7028V

2003 Homebuilt SPIRIT XL

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2003
Serial
2868
Class
Powered parachute
Engines
Rotax 582SER
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Grove City, PA
Registration record

N7028V on the FAA register

Type
2003 Homebuilt SPIRIT XL
Serial
2868
Engines
Rotax 582SER
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Grove City, PA
Certificate issued
2014-08-19
Airworthiness date
2007-04-20
Registration expires
2027-08-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A95F80
Mode S (octal)
52257600
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2014-08-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N7028V to the current registrant.
  • 2007-04-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2004-11-10
    N7028V previously assigned to a Hughes 269A Piston Helicopters / TH-55A Piston Helicopters / TH55A (s/n 760622); cancelled.
  • 2003
    Manufactured (2003).
Overview

About N7028V

N7028V is a 2003 Homebuilt SPIRIT XL, serial number 2868. It is registered to an individual in Grove City, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 19, 2014 and expires on August 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a powered parachute, one Rotax 582SER engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated April 20, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N7028V. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-07-09 Accident · Clay, NY Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · NYC01LA167
Reported aircraft: Hughes 269A — a different aircraft that carried the N7028V registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: Failure of the left aft cluster fitting due to a fatigue crack. Factors in the accident were the mechanic's failure to identify the crack at the last annual inspection, and the pilot's failure to identify the crack during the last daily inspection
1988-08-21 Accident · Pittstown, NJ Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · NYC88LA226
Reported aircraft: Hughes 269A — a different aircraft that carried the N7028V registration before this airframe.

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.