Knab Douglas J RV-8
N189DK is a Knab Douglas J RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Friendswood, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 14, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 6, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Knab Douglas J
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 82734
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-M1B · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A16270 (octal 50261160)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 14, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 6, 2009
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01033207
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tacquard Mark A JR
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2311 Airline Dr
Friendswood, TX 77546-5507
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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 N189DK, 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 Tacquard Mark A JR, an individual, certificate issued January 14, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 6, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82734 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N189DK 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]
1 NTSB record under N189DK: Accident on August 13, 2011 at Conroe, TX: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Knab Douglas J RV-8 · operated under 091
The failure of the pilot of the RV-6 airplane to maintain clearance from the RV-8 airplane while practicing formation flight.
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