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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Ruffatto Michael J RV-7
N23AM is a Ruffatto Michael J RV-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Poplar Grove, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 17, 2016.
Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 8:11 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ruffatto Michael J
- Model
- RV-7
- Serial number
- 74167
- 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 · Lycoming YIO-360-M1B · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2016
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-7
- Transponder code
- A20633 (octal 50403063)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 12, 2025
- Expires
- December 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- December 12, 2025
- 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 · August 17, 2016
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01215661
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zubek Mariusz
- 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
- 1020 Beech Bay Rd
Poplar Grove, IL 61065-8242
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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 2
Connections how N23AM links to the rest of the register
- Ruffatto Michael J 2 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming YIO-360-M1B 136 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Poplar Grove, IL 168 aircraft registered in this town
- Poplar Grove Airport · C77
- Illinois 8,052 aircraft registered
- Where N23AM is now · Last seen October 17 at 8:11 am.
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The public federal record on N23AM, 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 Zubek Mariusz, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 17, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 74167 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N23AM was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech 58 (serial TH-1497, cancelled January 23, 2002); Gates Learjet 25D (serial 223, cancelled February 6, 1980). 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]
1 NTSB record under N23AM: Accident on May 22, 2001 at Gaylord, MI: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 58 · operated under 091
the pilot not maintaining directional control during the reported loss of number one engine power during initial climb and the pilot not following the airplane emergency procedure's corrective action for engine failure after lift-off, and the inadvertent stall/spin he encountered. Factors were the high grass on the runway, the runway grass cutting maintenance not being performed by the pilot/airstrip owner, and the unsuitable terrain used by the pilot.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data