John Bradley VANS RV-7
N519JS is a John Bradley VANS RV-7, a glider with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Athens, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 6, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 29, 2026. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- John Bradley
- Model
- VANS RV-7
- Serial number
- 75052
- Type
- Glider
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-M1B · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2026
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-7
- Transponder code
- A683B7 (octal 51501667)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 6, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 6, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 29, 2026
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01472936
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bradley John
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1151 Beverly Dr
Athens, GA 30606-7608
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Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N519JS, 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 Bradley John, an individual, certificate issued March 6, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 29, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75052 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N519JS according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 14, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N519JS: Accident on May 15, 2026 at Athens, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: John Bradley VANS RV-7 · operated under 091
Contamination of the left wheel brake system with debris, which resulted in a loss of directional control during takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26LA210 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