Randall Marvin L VANS RV-3A
N16MR is a Randall Marvin L VANS RV-3A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1988. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Vanguard Squadron INC, a corporation in Tea, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 5, 1988.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Randall Marvin L
- Model
- VANS RV-3A
- Serial number
- 811-3
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1988
- Transponder code
- A0F078 (octal 50170170)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 22, 2019
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 5, 1988
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00492712
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vanguard Squadron INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 47010 Great Plains Pl Ste R2
Tea, SD 57064-8038
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N16MR, 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 Vanguard Squadron INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 22, 2019, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 5, 1988, consistent with the 1988 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 811-3 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N16MR 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 N16MR: Accident on September 27, 2025 at Torrington, WY: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 28, 2017 at Spokane, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans RV3-A · operated under 091
On September 27, 2025, about 1600 mountain daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Vans RV-3A, N16MR, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Torrington, Wyoming. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the airport manager, the pilot departed runway 10 and during the initial climb, the engine lost power. The pilot attempted to return to the runway, however, was unable to make it and initiated a forced landing to an open field about 1/2 mile north of the runway. …
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Randall Marvin L VANS RV 3A · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance and visual lookout while taxiing, which resulted in his airplane colliding with the stationary airplane.
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- 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 August 27, 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