Vanartsdalen Scott RV-4
N311SV is a Vanartsdalen Scott RV-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pensacola, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 6, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 29, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Vanartsdalen Scott
- Model
- RV-4
- Serial number
- 1054
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-4
- Transponder code
- A34C2C (octal 50646054)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 6, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · December 29, 2002
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00009039
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Poffenberger Benjamin G
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 681 W Mallory St
Pensacola, FL 32501-6317
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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 N311SV, 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 Poffenberger Benjamin G, an individual, certificate issued January 6, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 29, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1054 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N311SV 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 N311SV: Accident on November 14, 2020 at Milton, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans RV4 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA048 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