Guarino Michael John VANS RV-8
N470LM is a Guarino Michael John VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in La Vernia, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 13, 2022 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 26, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Guarino Michael John
- Model
- VANS RV-8
- Serial number
- 80070
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A5C220 (octal 51341040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 13, 2022
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 26, 2008
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01001989
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dale Richard C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 179 Scenic Hills Dr
La Vernia, TX 78121-5901
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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 N470LM, 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 Dale Richard C, an individual, certificate issued June 13, 2022, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80070 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N470LM 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 N470LM: Accident on February 24, 2017 at Marysville, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Guarino Vans · operated under 091
A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to the fragmentation of the electrical system.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR17LA067 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