# N88EM: Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S](https://openairdocs.org/model/mingledorff-pitts-special-s-1s) (registry code 7220648, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: EM-01
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: September 21, 2004
- Certificate issued: November 14, 1990
- Expires: December 31, 2028
- Mode S code: AC1BEC
- Registered owner: [Arjad Henry](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ARJAD%20HENRY)
- Location: [Irvine, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Irvine)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.6925° N, 117.8312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 92606, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=88EM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88EM

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 (Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S)

None in force.

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

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N88EM.

## 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.

- [Incident 20120131001689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120131001689I), Jan 31, 2012: Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (N88EM), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. N88EM was doing touch and go landings on runway 19L at Santa Ana airport. On one of the landings, the nose and propeller struck the ground causing minor damage…

## 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 N88EM

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N88EM before.

- [Cancelled 1975-03-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88EM-1975-03-21): Beech D50E, S/N DH-336. Owner: [Estoril Producing Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ESTORIL%20PRODUCING%20CORP), [Midland, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Midland)

## Related

- Other Mingledorff PITTS SPECIAL S-1S aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/mingledorff-pitts-special-s-1s/aircraft.md
- The Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng.md

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