Lewis Michael S RV-8
N227ML is a Lewis Michael S RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Astoria, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 30, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Lewis Michael S
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 83440
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Aerosport IO-375-B1B · 205 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2020
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A1FC20 (octal 50376040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 30, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 13, 2020
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01310116
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lewis Michael S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 260 W Irving Ave
Astoria, OR 97103-6420
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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 N227ML, 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 Lewis Michael S, an individual, certificate issued December 30, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83440 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N227ML 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 N227ML: Accident on January 2, 2010 at Somerset, KY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fairchild SA227 · operated under 135
Damaged wiring in the nosewheel steering harness, which resulted in a loss of control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilots' improper touchdown point.
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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