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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026Peters Andrew SPARROWHAWK 001
N8982C is a Peters Andrew SPARROWHAWK 001, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 1, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2021.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Peters Andrew
- Model
- SPARROWHAWK 001
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 · Subaru EJ-25 · 165 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2021
- Kit
- AMERICAN AUTOGYRO INC SPARROWHAWK
- Transponder code
- AC65AD (octal 53062655)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 1, 2020
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 13, 2021
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01318966
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Peters Andrew
- 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
- 115 Shetland Dr
Red Lion, PA 17356-7906
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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 N8982C links to the rest of the register
- Peters Andrew 1 aircraft on the register
- Subaru (converted) EJ-25 4 aircraft with this engine series · 165 hp
- Red Lion, PA 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N8982C, 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 Peters Andrew, an individual, certificate issued June 1, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8982C was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-22-135 (serial 22-1565, cancelled March 22, 2011). 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]
1 NTSB record under N8982C: Accident on November 23, 2003 at Emmett, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-22-135 · operated under 091
Brake failure as a result of inadequate hydraulic (brake) fluid in the aircraft's closed brake system. Contributing factors were the pilot's overall lack of experience in the aircraft make/model, the cold soaked brake system due to the low temperatures, and the embankment and ditch.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 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 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data