Single-engine piston

N8608Y

2007 Homebuilt Challenger 1

Registered No accidents on file

Built

2007

Serial

0801-CW-0760

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Rotax 503 DCDI

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Hendersonville, NC

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Registration record

N8608Y on the FAA register

Type

2007 Homebuilt Challenger 1

Serial

0801-CW-0760

Engines

Rotax 503 DCDI

Registered owner

Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Hendersonville, NC

Certificate issued

2017-07-18

Airworthiness date

2007-11-30

Registration expires

2027-07-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · light-sport

Mode S (hex)

ABD25E

Mode S (octal)

52751136

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2027-07-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2017-07-18
Certificate of registration issued as N8608Y to the current registrant.
2007-11-30
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
1981-11-05
N8608Y previously assigned to a Piper PA-30 TWIN Comanche / Twin Comanche PA-30 / Turbo TWIN Comanche (s/n 30-1748); cancelled.

Overview

About N8608Y

N8608Y is a 2007 Homebuilt Challenger 1, serial number 0801-CW-0760. It is registered to an individual in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 18, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 503 DCDI engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated November 30, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8608Y. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1978-03-20 Accident · Rapid City,Sd, 41 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0357

Reported aircraft: Piper PA-30 — a different aircraft that carried the N8608Y registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: LONGSIDE OF RWY.

1971-08-18 Accident · Spring Valley,Ny, 32 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3138

Reported aircraft: Piper PA-30 — a different aircraft that carried the N8608Y registration before this airframe.

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.