Single-engine piston

N8272R

1972 Scottish Aviation Series 100 MDL 101

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1972
Serial
164
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Houston, TX
Registration record

N8272R on the FAA register

Type
1972 Scottish Aviation Series 100 MDL 101
Serial
164
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Houston, TX
Certificate issued
2020-01-27
Airworthiness date
2009-08-13
Registration expires
2030-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AB4D8A
Mode S (octal)
52646612
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-01-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N8272R to the current registrant.
  • 2009-08-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1998-04-14
    N8272R previously assigned to a Bellanca 17-30A Super VIKING / 17-30 Super VIKING (s/n 30465); cancelled.
  • 1972
    Manufactured (1972).
Overview

About N8272R

N8272R is a 1972 Scottish Aviation Series 100 MDL 101, serial number 164. It is registered to an individual in Houston, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 27, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 13, 2009.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8272R. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-09-29 Accident · Palo Alto, CA Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · LAX89LA333
Reported aircraft: Bellanca 17-30A — a different aircraft that carried the N8272R registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE FUEL STARVATION WAS THE RESULT OF VANE PARTICLES FROM THE DETERIORATED ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP RESTRICTING THE UPSTREAM FLOW OF FUEL.

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.