Single-engine piston

N78854

Clark 1000

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
—
Serial
1000-3
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming R680
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Bygone Era Lines (Corporation)
Based
Los Lunas, NM
Registration record

N78854 on the FAA register

Type
Clark 1000
Serial
1000-3
Engines
Lycoming R680
Registered owner
Bygone Era Lines
Los Lunas, NM
Certificate issued
2002-09-25
Airworthiness date
1989-10-05
Registration expires
2028-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AAB162
Mode S (octal)
52530542
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2002-09-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N78854.
  • 1989-10-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1972-05-02
    Accident at Saginaw,Tex, 43; damage: substantial.
Overview

About N78854

N78854 is a Clark 1000, serial number 1000-3. The FAA register lists Bygone Era Lines as the registrant in Los Lunas, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 25, 2002 and expires on July 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming R680 engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated October 5, 1989.

N78854 has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1972-05-02 Accident · Saginaw,Tex, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1963
Reported aircraft: Clark 1000C

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.