John Burgy VANS RV 8
N581JB is a John Burgy VANS RV 8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waller, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2016 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 8, 2016.
Aircraft
- Maker
- John Burgy
- Model
- VANS RV 8
- Serial number
- 80865
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Aerosport IO-360 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2016
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A77A69 (octal 51675151)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 14, 2016
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 8, 2016
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01191089
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bohnanon James JR
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 15803 Mathis Rd
Waller, TX 77484-9092
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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
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The public federal record on N581JB, 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 Bohnanon James JR, an individual, certificate issued June 14, 2016, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 8, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80865 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N581JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Airbus A320-232 (serial 2141, cancelled November 24, 2008). 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 N581JB: Accident on December 20, 1993 at Grand Island, NE: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 185 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor related to the accident was the gusty quartering tailwind condition.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI94LA055 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