Sandall Evan R RV-8
N222ES is a Sandall Evan R RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Charlotte, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 31, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sandall Evan R
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 80282
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1F6D · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A1E8E4 (octal 50364344)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 26, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- April 10, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 31, 2011
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00070199
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thakkar Ravi R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 5212 Plantation Ridge Rd
Charlotte, NC 28214-8597
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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 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N222ES, 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 Thakkar Ravi R, an individual, certificate issued September 26, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 31, 2011, 8 years after the 2003 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80282 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N222ES was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-200 (serial 34-7250331, cancelled April 14, 2001). 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]
3 NTSB records under N222ES: Accident on June 16, 2007 at Wilsonville, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 7, 2000 at San Dimas, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on February 21, 1990 at Fresno, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sandall Evan R RV8 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DFW07CA136 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-34-200 · operated under 091
The pilots becoming lost and disoriented during an improperly conducted IFR approach, and subsequent missed approach, that led to a collision with rising mountainous terrain. Also causal was the local controller canceling the IFR approach when the pilot specifically stated he wanted to continue the IFR approach, and the local controller, as well as sector controllers failure to issue a unsafe proximity to terrain safety alert to the pilots (MSAW alert) as required by the Air Traffic Control Handbook.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX01FA004 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-34-200 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE AIRPLANE DURING TAXI.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90LA100 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data