Baker Thomas J VANS RV-8
N153M is a Baker Thomas J VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Oxford, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 2010 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 7, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Baker Thomas J
- Model
- VANS RV-8
- Serial number
- 82655
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360 SERIES · 200 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A0D667 (octal 50153147)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 26, 2010
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 7, 2011
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01050665
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Baker Thomas J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 217 South St Box 211
Oxford, MD 21654
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
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The public federal record on N153M, 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 Baker Thomas J, an individual, certificate issued April 26, 2010, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 7, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82655 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N153M was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 180 (serial 32314, cancelled October 29, 2009); New Standard STANDARD D-29A (serial 1005, cancelled November 21, 1951). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N153M: Accident on June 30, 2006 at Sheridan, WY: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 21, 1984 at Gallup, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · operated under 091
the partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing factors were the dirt embankment and fence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 180 · 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