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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aerotek PITTS S-1T
N49309 is an Aerotek PITTS S-1T, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1982. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2015 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 21, 1982.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerotek
- Model
- PITTS S-1T · all PITTS S-1Ts and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Pitts: a welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings under fabric. This is how the Aerotek PITTS S-1T family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1006
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1982
- Transponder code
- A61DB7 (octal 51416667)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 25, 2015
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 21, 1982
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00750605
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Newton Thomas L JR
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1702 Franklin St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-4508
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N49309 links to the rest of the register
- Aerotek PITTS S-1T 11 registered
- Aerotek 133 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming AEIO-360 series 884 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Fredericksburg, VA 126 aircraft registered in this town
- Shannon Airport · EZF
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-360 series 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming AEIO-360 series 30 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N49309, 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 Newton Thomas L JR, an individual, certificate issued March 25, 2015, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated April 21, 1982, consistent with the 1982 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1006 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N49309 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American AT-6B (serial 84-7755, cancelled July 26, 1950). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N49309: Accident on December 2, 2012 at Billings, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerotek PITTS S-1T · operated under 091
The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control during the landing roll because of the failure of the tailwheel support bracket.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data