Ave Stephen RV8
N388RV is an Ave Stephen RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 3, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ave Stephen
- Model
- RV8
- Serial number
- 80787
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2000
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A47A8D (octal 51075215)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 28, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 3, 2000
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00255720
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Glasbrenner Lutz
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 503 Porter Way W
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-7036
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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 N388RV, 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 Glasbrenner Lutz, an individual, certificate issued January 28, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 3, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80787 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N388RV 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 N388RV: Accident on September 3, 2021 at Delray, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans RV8 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and improper fuel planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA393 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