Maier Ronald Glenn VANS RV-8
N289MM is a Maier Ronald Glenn VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 22, 2006.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Maier Ronald Glenn
- Model
- VANS RV-8
- Serial number
- 81934
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A2F089 (octal 50570211)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 22, 2006
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00277039
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nester Richard N
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 812 Opus St
Boise, ID 83716
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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 N289MM, 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 Nester Richard N, an individual, certificate issued April 8, 2020, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 22, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 81934 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N289MM 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 N289MM: Accident on September 11, 2018 at Carson, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans VANS RV 8 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control in gusting, right quartering tailwind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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