Single-engine piston

N968ZM

2025 Pipistrel Explorer

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
VSWX121A0189
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912S3
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ross Roofing and Construction Inc (Corporation)
Based
Marina, CA
Registration record

N968ZM on the FAA register

Type
2025 Pipistrel Explorer (FAA: Pipistrel D O O VIRUS SW 121A)
Serial
VSWX121A0189
Engines
Rotax 912S3
Registered owner
Ross Roofing and Construction Inc
Marina, CA
Certificate issued
2026-01-07
Airworthiness date
2026-01-12
Registration expires
2033-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AD7C29
Mode S (octal)
53276051
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-01-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2026-01-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N968ZM.
  • 2025
    Manufactured (2025).
Overview

About N968ZM

N968ZM is a 2025 Pipistrel Explorer (FAA model VIRUS SW 121A), serial number VSWX121A0189. The FAA register lists Ross Roofing and Construction Inc as the registrant in Marina, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 7, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912S3 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated January 12, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N968ZM.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N968ZM.

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.