Freitag Ernst VANS RV-8
N427EF is a Freitag Ernst VANS RV-8, 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 Roseville, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 18, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 2, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Freitag Ernst
- Model
- VANS RV-8
- Serial number
- 80200
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A5160A (octal 51213012)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 18, 2018
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 2, 2002
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00357361
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ishii Thomas W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 301 Gibson Dr Apt 1822
Roseville, CA 95678-5411
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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 N427EF, 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 Ishii Thomas W, an individual, certificate issued January 18, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 2, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80200 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N427EF 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 N427EF: Accident on October 11, 2011 at Madera, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Freitag Ernst VANS RV-8 · operated under 091
The third airplane pilot’s failure to maintain visual contact with the second airplane during the formation flight.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR12CA005 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