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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Atkinson Jeffrey M RV-8
N228HM is an Atkinson Jeffrey M RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 20, 2012 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 15, 2012.
Where is it now Last seen October 8 at 11:14 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Atkinson Jeffrey M
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 82594
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Superior IO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2012
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A1FF74 (octal 50377564)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 20, 2012
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 15, 2012
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01088241
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Atkinson Jeffrey M
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4209 Mckinney Ave Apt 834
Dallas, TX 75205-4599
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N228HM links to the rest of the register
- Atkinson Jeffrey M 1 aircraft on the register
- Superior Air Parts IO-360 series 202 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Dallas, TX 1,865 aircraft registered in this town
- Addison Airport · ADS
- Dallas Executive · RBD
- Dallas Love Field · DAL
- Mckinney Ntl Airport · TKI
- 3 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,956 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Superior Air Parts IO-360 series 6 airworthiness directives
- Where N228HM is now · Last seen October 8 at 11:14 am.
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The public federal record on N228HM, 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 Atkinson Jeffrey M, an individual, certificate issued January 20, 2012, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 15, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82594 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N228HM 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 N228HM: Accident on November 13, 2024 at Denton, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Atkinson Jeffrey M RV-8 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data