# N86RD: 2004 Wingren Norman ESCAPADE

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Wingren Norman ESCAPADE](https://openairdocs.org/model/wingren-norman-escapade) (registry code 05617TA, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 31
- Year built: 2004
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Kit: Just Aircraft LLC ESCAPADE
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: January 12, 2005
- Certificate issued: January 8, 2021
- Expires: January 31, 2028
- Mode S code: ABCDF9
- Registered owner: [Miller Eric W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MILLER%20ERIC%20W)
- Location: [Clayton, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Clayton)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.9013° N, 83.3652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30525, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=86RD
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86RD

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Wingren Norman ESCAPADE)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA268), May 9, 2022: Wingren Norman Escapade (N86RD), Brasstown, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the engine gearbox drive flange, which resulted in a nose gear collapse during the subsequent precautionary landing in tall grass.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20220509020509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220509020509A), May 9, 2022: Wingren Norman ESCAPADE (N86RD), Brasstown, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot stated he had departed a private grass airstrip in Brasstown NC in VMC conditions. During cruise flight the pilot then heard an unidentifiable sound from…

## Reports on N86RD not matched to an aircraft (2)

They name N86RD, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Incident 19880725036359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880725036359I), Jul 25, 1988: Amtrwr F4UWARREP (N86RD), Oak Harbor, WA, Minor damage. Landed fast and lost directional control. Ground looped collapsing right gear and damaged wing and prop.
- [Incident 19870912066929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870912066929I), Sep 12, 1987: Amtrwr F4UWARREP (N86RD), Bellingham, WA, Minor damage. Failed to retract gear on go around. Inadvertently retracted gear on downwind. Landed gear up.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N86RD

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N86RD before.

- [Cancelled 2013-04-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86RD-2013-04-09): Prisel/Daniel REPRISEL-WAR F-4U, S/N 1-1986. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Eugene, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Eugene)

## Related

- Other Wingren Norman ESCAPADE aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/wingren-norman-escapade/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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