N959RT1944 Spitfire Lf Mk IXC MK 959
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Normandy Spit LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Dover, DE
- Certificate issued
- Mar 23, 2016
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 19, 2010
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Spitfire Lf Mk
- Model
- IXC MK 959
- Year
- 1944
- Serial number
- 959
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 1
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AD579F
Engine
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royc Merlin
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 1760 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2016 – nowNormandy Spit LLCDover, DE · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Landing gear · tube · failedSep 10, 2010
LT MAIN TIRE WAS FLAT ON LANDING. PILOT FELT SHIMMY ON TAKEOFF ROLL JUST AT ROTATION. SUSPECT TUBE FAILURE ON TAKEOFF. TIRE WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT WHEEL WAS DESTROYED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026