# N8ZT: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: August 8, 2025
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8ZT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8ZT

## Aircraft that carried N8ZT

- [Cancelled 2025-08-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8ZT-2025-08-08): Aviat PITTS S-2B, S/N 5293, built 1993. Owner: [Sexton Ormond G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SEXTON%20ORMOND%20G), [Vero Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Vero%20Beach)

## NTSB investigations on N8ZT (2)

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 ERA25LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA107), Jan 30, 2025: Aviat Pitts S-2B (N8ZT), Fellsmere, FL, investigation ongoing
- [NTSB ERA11LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA043), Oct 29, 2010: Aviat Pitts S-2B (N8ZT), Hilton Head Island, SC, minor damage. Probable cause: The Pitts pilot's inadequate visual lookout and failure to maintain clearance from the Cirrus airplane.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8ZT (3)

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 20250130000669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250130000669A), Jan 30, 2025: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B (N8ZT), Vero Beach, FL, Destroyed. On 1/30/2025, at approximately 10:31 am (EST), the accident aircraft was inbound to vrb airport. The pilot was cleared for a straight in 7 mile approach to…
- [Accident 20101029051321A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101029051321A), Oct 29, 2010: Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B (N8ZT), Hilton Head Isl, SC, Substantial damage. On October 29, 2010 at 14:15 hours local the pilot of N8ZT was given instruction by the air traffic control tower to taxi to runway 03. VMC conditions…
- [Incident 20010502008799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010502008799I), May 2, 2001: Aviat PITTSS2B (N8ZT), Bridgeport, CT, Minor damage. (-23)The pilot stated that he was flying N8ZT from the front seat(where the visibility is more limited than the back seat) and touched down on the left wheel…

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