Pipistrel VIRUS 912
N126BF is a Pipistrel VIRUS 912, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hyattsville, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for racing, dated April 12, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)
- Model
- VIRUS 912 · all VIRUS 912s and related versions
- Serial number
- 180VTL9120905KIT49
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax SEE BOMBADIER
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A06A1B (octal 50065033)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 16, 2013
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Racing · April 12, 2006
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00222709
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcelrath Hugh D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5708 39Th Ave
Hyattsville, MD 20781-1715
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N126BF, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Mcelrath Hugh D, an individual, certificate issued July 16, 2013, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for racing, dated April 12, 2006, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 180VTL9120905KIT49 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N126BF according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N126BF: Accident on July 1, 2008 at Bend, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pipistrel Virus 912 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper flare, inadequate bounced landing recovery, and his failure to maintain directional control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data