Mason Edward R RV-9A
N486EM is a Mason Edward R RV-9A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wilsonville, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 7, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 28, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Mason Edward R
- Model
- RV-9A
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-320 SERIES · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-9A
- Transponder code
- A5FF53 (octal 51377523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 7, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 28, 2011
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00261669
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mason Edward R Trustee
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 31778 SW Fairway Village Loop
Wilsonville, OR 97070-9478
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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 N486EM, 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 Mason Edward R Trustee, an individual, certificate issued July 7, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. 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 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N486EM 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 N486EM: Accident on May 17, 2008 at Pacific City, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mason RV-9A · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate flare and failure to maintain control following a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was a temporary partial loss of power due to carburetor icing conditions.
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- 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