Sims David L RV8
N30DS is a Sims David L RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lebanon, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 14, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sims David L
- Model
- RV8
- Serial number
- 81482
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A31D55 (octal 50616525)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 14, 2011
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- June 27, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · January 14, 2003
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00001869
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Saver Matthew S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 117 Aviation Way
Lebanon, TN 37090-7018
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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 N30DS, 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 Saver Matthew S, an individual, certificate issued May 14, 2011, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 14, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 81482 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N30DS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172 (serial 28761, cancelled May 1, 2000). 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 N30DS: Accident on May 5, 1999 at Fontana, NC: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172 · operated under 091
the pilot continued visual flight into know weather conditions which resulted in reduced visibility, and the subsequent in-flight collision with rising terrain. Factors in this accidents were clouds and low ceiling in the accident area.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA99FA150 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
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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