Single-engine piston

N8025

1974 Aerotek PITTS Special S-1S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1974
Serial
1-0018
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming I0360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
East Aurora, NY
Registration record

N8025 on the FAA register

Type
1974 Aerotek PITTS Special S-1S
Serial
1-0018
Engines
Lycoming I0360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
East Aurora, NY
Certificate issued
2011-12-23
Airworthiness date
1979-02-21
Registration expires
2027-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AAEC52
Mode S (octal)
52566122
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-12-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N8025 to the current registrant.
  • 1979-02-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1974
    Manufactured (1974).
  • 1967-09-26
    N8025 previously assigned to a Lockheed 1049G (s/n 4645); cancelled.
  • 1948-03-31
    N8025 previously assigned to a Fairchild FC-2-W2 (s/n 518); cancelled.
Overview

About N8025

N8025 is a 1974 Aerotek PITTS Special S-1S, serial number 1-0018. It is registered to an individual in East Aurora, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 23, 2011 and expires on December 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming I0360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 21, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8025. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-06-28 Accident · Hornell, NY Damage: Substantial NTSB · NYC92LA131
Reported aircraft: Pitts S1S — a different aircraft that carried the N8025 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE MISJUDGED LANDING BY THE PILOT AND HIS SUBSEQUENT IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL.

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.