N31517
N31517 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Pitts S-2A built in 1981. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 27, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Pitts S-2A cancelled September 27, 2012
- Serial number
- 2249
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1981
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- June 22, 1989
- Last FAA action
- June 12, 1998
- Last owner
- Hoctor Rodney K (Co-owned)
Fort Worth, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Acrobatic
NTSB accident and incident record under N31517
CHI98LA160Accident on May 18, 1998 at Benton, KS: serious injuries, substantial damage.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pitts S-2A · serial 2249
the pilot did not flare the airplane properly during the forced landing. A factor was the engine failure for undetermined reasons.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site