Lightcap PITTS S-1D
N64585 is a Lightcap PITTS S-1D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Douglass, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2008 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 10, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Lightcap
- Model
- PITTS S-1D
- Serial number
- 7-0311
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HO-360 · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A87B5C (octal 52075534)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 11, 2008
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 10, 1979
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00002366
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lay Lawrence W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 21317 SW Purity Springs Rd
Douglass, KS 67039-8590
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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 N64585, 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 Lay Lawrence W, an individual, certificate issued January 11, 2008, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 10, 1979, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7-0311 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N64585 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 N64585: Accident on May 7, 1990 at Larned, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lightcap PITTS-S-1D · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT STRUT, DUE TO FATIGUE.
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- 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