Single-engine piston

N77FB

1996 Homebuilt Avid Mark IV

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record

Built

1996

Serial

989

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Jabiru 2200

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Henderson, TX

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Registration record

N77FB on the FAA register

Type

1996 Homebuilt Avid Mark IV

Serial

989

Engines

Jabiru 2200

Registered owner

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

Henderson, TX

Certificate issued

2023-04-14

Airworthiness date

2015-01-07

Registration expires

2030-04-30

Airworthiness class

Experimental · amateur-built

Mode S (hex)

AA672D

Mode S (octal)

52463455

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2030-04-30
Registration expires (renewal due).
2026-08-09
Accident at Arp, TX; damage: substantial.
2023-04-14
Certificate of registration issued as N77FB to the current registrant.
2015-01-07
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
1996
Manufactured (1996).
1983-10-21
N77FB previously assigned to a Cessna P210N / P210 Silver Eagle (s/n P21000310); cancelled.

Overview

About N77FB

N77FB is a 1996 Homebuilt Avid Mark IV, serial number 989. It is registered to an individual in Henderson, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 14, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Jabiru 2200 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated January 7, 2015.

N77FB has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2026-08-09 Accident · Arp, TX Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB (Ongoing) · ERA26FA294

Reported aircraft: Bachem Fritz M Avid Mark IV

Preliminary report: On August 9, 2026, at about 1655 central daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Avid Mark IV, N77FB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Arp, Texas. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to witnesses, the accident airplane and a second airplane had landed in a grass field earlier in the afternoon. The accident airplane subsequently departed the field first and remained in the vicinity while the second airplane departed. Witnesses reported that after takeoff, the accident airplane was flying at a low altitude and appeared to be moving slowly as it…

NTSB report ↗

1981-03-02 Accident · Fallon,Nv, 28 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2440

Reported aircraft: Cessna T210N — a different aircraft that carried the N77FB registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: GETTING LOWER AND LOWER

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.