Parker Robert G VANS RV8
N51FG is a Parker Robert G VANS RV8, 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 Slidell, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 7, 2017 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 13, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Parker Robert G
- Model
- VANS RV8
- Serial number
- 44-14400
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A65F9A (octal 51457632)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 7, 2017
- Expires
- June 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · September 13, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00006409
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ellis Thomas T
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 151 Industrial Dr
Slidell, LA 70460-4651
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N51FG, 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 Ellis Thomas T, an individual, certificate issued June 7, 2017, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 13, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-14400 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N51FG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech E18S (serial BA324, cancelled November 18, 1993). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N51FG: Accident on June 8, 1993 at Ypsilanti, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on December 19, 1984 at Bellesville, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech E18S · operated under 135
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION, FALSE INDICATION (ON/OFF) OF ATTITUDE INDICATOR, AND ATTITUDE INDICATOR SWITCHED OFF. FACTORS WERE FOG, LOW CEILING, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER USE OF THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR, AND HIS LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF AIRPLANE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI93FA193 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech B-18S · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI85FA072 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