Kennedy Robert L AVID FLYER
N138RK is a Kennedy Robert L AVID FLYER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in White Pigeon, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 24, 1989 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 28, 1985.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Kennedy Robert L
- Model
- AVID FLYER
- Serial number
- 138
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cuyuna ALL MDLS A/B
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A09A6A (octal 50115152)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 24, 1989
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 28, 1985
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00712864
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Edie Louis N
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 68767 Thomas Rd
White Pigeon, MI 49099-9442
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N138RK, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Edie Louis N, an individual, certificate issued May 24, 1989, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 138 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N138RK according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N138RK: Accident on June 13, 1993 at White Pigeon, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 14, 1987 at Goshen, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robert L. Kennedy AVID FLYER · operated under 091
THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S INABILITY TO ATTAIN PROPER TOUCH DOWN POINT. THE IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED IDLE SETTING WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS ALSO A CAUSE.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kennedy AVID FLYER · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data