Single-engine piston

N8879W

1998 Homebuilt Sport Special

Registered No accidents on file

Built

1998

Serial

CA207K

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Rotax 503 series

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Rochester, NY

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Registration record

N8879W on the FAA register

Type

1998 Homebuilt Sport Special

Serial

CA207K

Engines

Rotax 503 series

Registered owner

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

Rochester, NY

Certificate issued

2012-08-21

Airworthiness date

2008-01-07

Registration expires

2028-08-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · light-sport

Mode S (hex)

AC3B7E

Mode S (octal)

53035576

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2028-08-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2012-08-21
Certificate of registration issued as N8879W to the current registrant.
2008-01-07
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
1998
Manufactured (1998).
1980-01-04
N8879W previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 235 (s/n 28-10437); cancelled.

Overview

About N8879W

N8879W is a 1998 Homebuilt Sport Special, serial number CA207K. It is registered to an individual in Rochester, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 21, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 503 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated January 7, 2008.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8879W. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1979-03-17 Accident · Pontiac,Mi, 22 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0490

Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N8879W 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.