- Registered owner
- Pitts 5952 LLC
- Location
- Bow, WA
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- TAR1
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- June 5, 1980
- Certificate issued
- August 3, 2022
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A7B298
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Lycoming IO-320 model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 33
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
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| 1979 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
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| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Engine · Lycoming IO-320 series
AD 2026-04-11Engine (Reciprocating)AD 2022-16-03Engine (RECIPROCATING)AD 2017-16-11Reciprocating Engine Power SectionInformation bulletins that may apply · 9
Advisory, not mandatory.
Engine · Lycoming IO-320 series
SAIB NE-19-08Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve CylindersSAIB NE-08-32R1Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set ScrewSAIB NE-14-13Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting StudsSAIB NE-13-06Pushrod Shroud Spring Retainers, Engine Components Part No. AEL14995, for Lycoming Engines 320, 360, and 540 Series EnginesSAIB NE-09-04Fuel Control/Reciprocating EnginesSAIB NE-06-32R1Reciprocating Engine - CrankshaftSAIB NE-05-89SAIB NE-05-40SAIB NE-01-22Historical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N5952Matched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Pitts-Thomas PITTS SPECIAL aircraft
FAA incident reports · 2
FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.
Incident 20221003023069ILanding: Touchdown · Mount Vernon, WAOn OCT0BER 3, 2022, 1630 local, at Skagit Regional Airport (kbvs) pilot landed (+/-30) feet short of runway 29, lost control of aircraft, went onto adjacent grass margin, prop struck runway 29 sign. There were no injuries reported.Incident 19950420011449IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Butte, MTNarrative: on March 20, 1995, a pitts, PIS-1, owned and operated by robert higbee while on a pleasure flight, landed at Butte, MT veered off the runway and tipped up on its nose. Visual flight condition prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft…
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N5952General aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Pitts-Thomas PITTS SPECIAL aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 44
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
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