# N501L: 1968 Pitts SPECIAL, registration cancelled 2013-07-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 19, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Pitts SPECIAL](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special) (registry code 72202KX)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: L-1
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Certificate issued: October 18, 1985
- Last registry action: October 24, 2005
- Mode S code: A63EA1
- Owner when cancelled: [Vagner Robert M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VAGNER%20ROBERT%20M)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 25.7023° N, 80.3562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33173, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=501L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501L-2013-07-19

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Pitts SPECIAL: https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special.md

## 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 MIA86FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA115), Apr 7, 1986: Pitts Special (N501L), Homestead, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## 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 19860407009989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860407009989A), Apr 7, 1986: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL (N501L), Homestead, FL, Destroyed. Indicates aircraft stalled when it ran out of fuel during acrobatics. Dived to ground. Pilot was intoxicated.

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