Single-engine piston

N8509A

1981 Homebuilt Varieze

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
DC-002
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotorway RW-100 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Elliott Patrick K + 1 co-owner (Partnership)
Based
North Bend, OR
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Registration record

N8509A on the FAA register

Type
1981 Homebuilt Varieze
Serial
DC-002
Engines
Rotorway RW-100 series
Registered owner
Elliott Patrick K + 1 co-owner
North Bend, OR
Certificate issued
2004-09-02
Airworthiness date
1983-09-13
Registration expires
2028-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
ABAAEC
Mode S (octal)
52725354
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2004-09-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N8509A to the current registrant.
  • 1983-09-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1981
    Manufactured (1981).
  • 1974-12-12
    N8509A previously assigned to a Beechcraft A35 (s/n D-2017); cancelled.
Overview

About N8509A

N8509A is a 1981 Homebuilt Varieze, serial number DC-002. The FAA register lists Elliott Patrick K + 1 co-owner as the registrant in North Bend, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 2, 2004 and expires on April 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotorway RW-100 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 13, 1983.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8509A. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1974-07-26 Accident · Selma,Calif, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2821
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft A35 — a different aircraft that carried the N8509A registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: G LIMIT. TEMP 100 DEG.
1970-08-25 Accident · L.Nebagamon,Wis, 49 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3529
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft A35 — a different aircraft that carried the N8509A registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: S,MADE GO-AROUND.UN CTL ACFT AFTER 2ND LDG.

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.