N138PM is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Phillips Michael G VANS RV-8 built in 2018. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 5, 2021. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Phillips Michael G VANS RV-8 cancelled June 5, 2021
- Serial number
- 81895
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2018
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- February 21, 2018
- Last FAA action
- February 21, 2018
- Last owner
- Phillips Michael G (Individual)
Westchester, CA - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
NTSB accident and incident record under N138PM
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans VANS RV-8 · serial 81895
The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at too low of an altitude to recover.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site