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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Aerotek PITTS S-2A
N80053 is an Aerotek PITTS S-2A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Abingdon, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for acrobatic, dated October 31, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aerotek
- Model
- PITTS S-2A · all PITTS S-2As 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-2A 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
- 2111
- 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 I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 115 mph
- Transponder code
- AAE500 (octal 52562400)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 20, 2008
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AcrobaticFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 31, 1975
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00550692
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- White John R
- 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
- 24648 Old South Way
Abingdon, VA 24211-6187
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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 N80053 links to the rest of the register
- Aerotek PITTS S-2A 78 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 IO-360 series 8,562 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Abingdon, VA 19 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia Highlands Airport · VJI
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360 series 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360 series 39 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N80053, 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 White John R, an individual, certificate issued November 20, 2008, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for acrobatic, dated October 31, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2111 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N80053 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Culver V (serial V-94, cancelled December 2, 1946). 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]
2 NTSB records under N80053: Accident on July 19, 2008 at Cleveland, TX: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on June 3, 1984 at Redlands, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aerotek Pitts S-2A · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during his attempted performance of aerobatic maneuvers shortly after takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pitts S2A · operated under 091
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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data