Smith Ray H Jr RV-4
N63SM is a Smith Ray H Jr RV-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spring Hill, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 1, 2026.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Smith Ray H Jr
- Model
- RV-4
- Serial number
- 63
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1986
- Transponder code
- A83CFF (octal 52036377)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 20, 2020
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 1, 2026
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00111836
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Moore George L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 22255 S Gardner Rd
Spring Hill, KS 66083-5545
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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 N63SM, 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 Moore George L, an individual, certificate issued October 20, 2020, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 2026, 40 years after the 1986 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 63 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N63SM 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]
2 NTSB records under N63SM: Accident on April 15, 2000 at Willows, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 4, 1986 at Lincoln, CA: 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: Smith RV-4 · operated under 091
Disconnection of the elevator push rod due to the owner/builder's improper installation of the rear jam nut on the elevator pushrod.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX00LA155 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Smith & R. Mathews RV-4 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX87DVG01 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