Single-engine piston

N70290

Homebuilt C

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

454

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Happy Valley, OR

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Registration record

N70290 on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt C

Serial

454

Engines

Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG

Registered owner

Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Happy Valley, OR

Certificate issued

2025-09-22

Airworthiness date

2003-06-12

Registration expires

2032-09-30

Airworthiness class

Experimental · amateur-built

Mode S (hex)

A95FA8

Mode S (octal)

52257650

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Kit

Avid Aircraft MODEL C

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2032-09-30
Registration expires (renewal due).
2025-09-22
Certificate of registration issued as N70290 to the current registrant.
2003-06-12
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
1999-10-27
N70290 previously assigned to a Aerostar International RX 8 (s/n RX8-3214); cancelled.
1991-09-19
N70290 previously assigned to a Beagle B.121 Series 1 (s/n B121-115); cancelled.
1978-10-11
N70290 previously assigned to a Cessna A185F (s/n 18502097); cancelled.

Overview

About N70290

N70290 is a Homebuilt C, serial number 454. It is registered to an individual in Happy Valley, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 22, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 12, 2003.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N70290. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1999-05-09 Accident · Morgan Hill, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX99FA177

Reported aircraft: Aerostar Rally RX-8 — a different aircraft that carried the N70290 registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an inadequate takeoff site that did not allow sufficient horizontal clearance from obstacles in the takeoff path, and, his failure to ensure that all burners were connected to fuel sources, which reduced the available climb capability of the balloon. Also causal was the pilot's failure to activate the emergency vent panel and land prior to contact with the power lines, and, his use of an unapproved aluminum fuel tank, which ruptured during the power line contact and ignited a fire. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure before takeoff to use pibals to quantify the wind speed.

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.