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N8252S

Scuro Michael N SCURO SPECIAL

N8252S is a Scuro Michael N SCURO SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Porterville, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated August 28, 2019.

Aircraft

Maker
Scuro Michael N
Model
SCURO SPECIAL
Serial number
001
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Volkswagen 1600CC · 60 hp
Seats
1
Year built
2017
Transponder code
AB461D (octal 52643035)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 28, 2021
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · August 28, 2019
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01259842

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Erickson Bruce
Type
Individual
Address
28947 Highway 190 Apt A
Porterville, CA 93257-9179

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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 2

2000-05-08Piper PA-28RT-201T · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1965-09-07Cessna 150F · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N8252S, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Erickson Bruce, an individual, certificate issued January 28, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated August 28, 2019, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8252S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28RT-201T (serial 28R-8031170, cancelled May 8, 2000); Cessna 150F (serial 15061852, cancelled September 7, 1965). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N8252S: Accident on May 23, 1999 at Great Bend, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on September 18, 1998 at Duck Creek, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

CHI99FA164Accident on May 23, 1999 at Great Bend, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 28R-8031170

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28RT-201T · operated under 091

the chafed through turbocharger oil supply hose, the failure of maintenance personnel to install a clamp on the turbocharger oil supply hose, and the inability of the pilot to maintain aircraft control.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI99FA164 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

FTW98LA404Accident on September 18, 1998 at Duck Creek, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 28R8031170

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28RT-201T · operated under 091

Loose intake valve rocker arm studs that allowed a loss of compression and a loss of oil. A factor was unsuitable terrain on which to make a forced landing and poles next to a cattle guard.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW98LA404 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data