Pipistrel VIRUS SW
N69PV is a Pipistrel VIRUS SW, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Indianapolis, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated December 10, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)FAA spelling: PIPISTREL DOO AJDOVSCINA
- Model
- VIRUS SW · all VIRUS SWs and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Pipistrel VIRUS SW 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
- 709 SWN 100
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS2 · 100 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A929B6 (octal 52224666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 11, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 30, 2024
- 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 · December 10, 2015
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01194219
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bergamini Emanuele
- 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
- 5625 N German Church Rd Pmb 3076
Indianapolis, IN 46235-8513
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N69PV links to the rest of the register
- Pipistrel VIRUS SW 40 registered
- Pipistrel 398 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912ULS2 209 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Indianapolis, IN 451 aircraft registered in this town
- Indianapolis International · IND
- Eagle Creek Airpark · EYE
- Hendricks County-Gordon Graham Field · 2R2
- Indianapolis Executive · TYQ
- 5 more landing places in town
- Indiana 5,704 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N69PV, 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 Bergamini Emanuele, an individual, certificate issued October 11, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 709 SWN 100 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N69PV 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 N69PV: Accident on May 30, 2023 at Santa Fe, NM: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pipistrel DOO Ajdovscina VIRUS SW · operated under 091
An encounter with a downdraft during landing that resulted in a hard landing and the pilot’s loss of control.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data