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N5777M

Mclane Michael J RV-8A

N5777M is a Mclane Michael J RV-8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ramona, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2006 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 30, 2006.

Aircraft

Maker
Mclane Michael J
Model
RV-8A
Serial number
80950
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
2006
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8A
Transponder code
A76BC3 (octal 51665703)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 20, 2006
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · December 30, 2006
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00302149

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mclane Michael J
Type
Individual
Address
17434 Rancho De La Angel
Ramona, CA 92065

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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

1991-04-11Piper PA-24-250 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N5777M, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Mclane Michael J, an individual, certificate issued November 20, 2006, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 30, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80950 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5777M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-24-250 (serial 241253, cancelled April 11, 1991). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5777M: Accident on July 4, 1987 at El Paso, TX: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

FTW87FA161Accident on July 4, 1987 at El Paso, TX: serious injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: PA24-1253

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-250 · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW87FA161 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data