N4714H — 1984 Sorensen Danny PITTS S1-S

Aircraft record

Serial number

DS-1

Manufacturer

Sorensen Danny

Model

PITTS S1-S

Year

1984

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming O&vo-360 Ser

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N4714H →

Accident & incident history

1. ERA16LA260Jul 15, 2016Somerville, TNNo injuries

   The failure of the left landing gear leg due to fatigue, which resulted in a ground loop during landing. Contributing to the accident was the airplane builder's installation of a custom-built landing gear rather than the landing gear included with the airplane kit.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1984 Sorensen Danny PITTS S1-S).

1. Sep 6, 2019deregistered — Rice Richard L

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N4714H was previously assigned to different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1984 Sorensen Danny PITTS S1-S above.

• until Jul 11, 1979Mooney M20J (s/n 24-0816)
• until Aug 29, 1952Piper PA-11 (s/n 11-502)

Frequently asked

Has N4714H been in an accident?

Yes. N4714H appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2016.

What kind of aircraft is N4714H?

N4714H is a 1984 Sorensen Danny PITTS S1-S (fixed wing single-engine), serial number DS-1.