Ziermann Marlin R RV8
N617MZ is a Ziermann Marlin R RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Blaine, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 23, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 17, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ziermann Marlin R
- Model
- RV8
- Serial number
- 81064
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- A809EA (octal 52004752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 23, 2020
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 17, 2004
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00027619
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Douglas Weske P
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 12557 Okinawa Cir Unit A
Blaine, MN 55449-6214
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N617MZ, 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 Douglas Weske P, an individual, certificate issued September 23, 2020, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 81064 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N617MZ according to the deregistered file. [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 N617MZ: Accident on January 12, 2008 at Garrison, MN: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ziermann RV8 · operated under 091
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons during cruise and the misjudged flare resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the frozen lake to which the pilot performed a forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI08LA067 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