Single-engine piston

N8488C

1981 Homebuilt Super Acro Sport

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
896-3-80
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Hackettstown, NJ
Registration record

N8488C on the FAA register

Type
1981 Homebuilt Super Acro Sport
Serial
896-3-80
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Hackettstown, NJ
Certificate issued
2025-10-23
Airworthiness date
1982-05-12
Registration expires
2032-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
ABA104
Mode S (octal)
52720404
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N8488C to the current registrant.
  • 1982-05-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1981
    Manufactured (1981).
  • 1966-06-24
    N8488C previously assigned to a Aero Commander 680-E (s/n 886-95); cancelled.
Overview

About N8488C

N8488C is a 1981 Homebuilt Super Acro Sport, serial number 896-3-80. It is registered to an individual in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 23, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated May 12, 1982.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8488C.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8488C.

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.