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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Kevin Eldredge RV8
N5408 is a Kevin Eldredge RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Deer Park, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 24, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 13, 2025.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Kevin Eldredge
- Model
- RV8
- Serial number
- 83271
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-EXP · 330 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A6DB5C (octal 51555534)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 24, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- September 24, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 13, 2025
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01494914
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eldredge Kevin
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1109 N Cedar Rd
Deer Park, WA 99006-9158
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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 2
Connections how N5408 links to the rest of the register
- Kevin Eldredge 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming IO-540-EXP 70 aircraft with this engine series · 330 hp
- Deer Park, WA 43 aircraft registered in this town
- Deer Park Airport · DEW
- Washington 10,570 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N5408.json.
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The public federal record on N5408, 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 Eldredge Kevin, an individual, certificate issued September 24, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 13, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83271 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5408 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A (serial 981, cancelled June 25, 2007); Stinson SM1-B (serial M-235, cancelled February 21, 1929). 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]
1 NTSB record under N5408: Accident on February 29, 1992 at Vernalis, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
THE OPERATOR'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPLY WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AFFECTING THE SECOND-STAGE TURBINE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF THE SECOND-STAGE TURBINE WHEEL AND THE ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data