# N915D: 1994 Jacobs Dennis R RUTAN VARI VIGGEN, registration cancelled 2002-09-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 9, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Jacobs Dennis R RUTAN VARI VIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/jacobs-dennis-r-rutan-vari-viggen) (registry code 056091K)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 466
- Year built: 1994
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: December 13, 1994
- Certificate issued: July 19, 1983
- Last registry action: July 18, 2000
- Mode S code: ACA989
- Owners when cancelled: [Jacobs Dennis R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JACOBS%20DENNIS%20R), [Jacobs Deloria L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JACOBS%20DELORIA%20L)
- Location: [Yellow Springs, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Yellow%20Springs)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7994° N, 83.8876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 45387, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915D
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=915D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915D-2002-09-09

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 Jacobs Dennis R RUTAN VARI VIGGEN: https://openairdocs.org/model/jacobs-dennis-r-rutan-vari-viggen.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 CHI02LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA166), Jun 16, 2002: Jacobs Rutan Vari Viggen (N915D), Urbana, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. Additional factors included the partial loss of engine power due to an excessively rich mixture as a result of a bad accelerator pump housing seal, and the…

## 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 20020616017549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020616017549A), Jun 16, 2002: Amtr VARIVIGGEN (N915D), Urbana, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.19) On June 16, 2002, at 1030 central daylight time, a rutan vari viggen, N915D, piloted by a commercial pilot was destroyed following impact with terrain on…

## Other aircraft with N915D

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915D): Textron 172S, S/N 172S12071, built 2017
- [Cancelled 1962-05-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N915D-1962-05-07): Enstrom F-28, S/N 1. Owner: [R J Enstrom Helicopter Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/R%20J%20ENSTROM%20HELICOPTER%20CORP)

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