John A Dalessandris PITTS S1S
N515JD is a John A Dalessandris PITTS S1S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Grass Valley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 30, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 30, 2016.
Aircraft
- Maker
- John A Dalessandris
- Model
- PITTS S1S
- Serial number
- RB2016
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2016
- Transponder code
- A674CE (octal 51472316)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 30, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 30, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 30, 2016
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01222998
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Michael K
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 13692 Highland Dr
Grass Valley, CA 95945-8894
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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 N515JD, 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 Smith Michael K, an individual, certificate issued May 30, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 30, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RB2016 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N515JD 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 N515JD: Accident on September 11, 2019 at Reno, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pitts S1 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and a ground loop.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA596 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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