Beard Mark H RV-8
N23MB is a Beard Mark H 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 Essex, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 6, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 24, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Beard Mark H
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 83652
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Aerosport IO-375M1S · 205 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2020
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A2073C (octal 50403474)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 6, 2020
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 24, 2020
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01317519
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Beard Mark H
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 828 Sue Grove Rd
Essex, MD 21221-1834
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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
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The public federal record on N23MB, 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 Beard Mark H, an individual, certificate issued May 6, 2020, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 24, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83652 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N23MB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bellanca 17-30A (serial 74-30719, cancelled April 2, 2004). 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]
2 NTSB records under N23MB: Accident on June 1, 2002 at Puertecitos: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 24, 1996 at Fallbrook, 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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 17-30A · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX02WA195 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 17-30A · operated under 091
failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point on the runway, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors relating to the accident were: the excessive airspeed on final approach, and the short and wet condition of the runway.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX96LA211 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