Single-engine piston

N8517K

1983 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1983
Serial
1
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Fort Worth, TX
Registration record

N8517K on the FAA register

Type
1983 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1C
Serial
1
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Fort Worth, TX
Certificate issued
2024-07-08
Airworthiness date
1984-10-04
Registration expires
2031-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
ABAE66
Mode S (octal)
52727146
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-07-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N8517K.
  • 1984-10-04
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1983
    Manufactured (1983).
Overview

About N8517K

N8517K is a 1983 Homebuilt PITTS Special S-1C, serial number 1. It is registered to an individual in Fort Worth, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 8, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031.

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 October 4, 1984.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N8517K.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N8517K.

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.