Bierly James D VARIEZE
N64SJ is a Bierly James D VARIEZE, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Elizabeth, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 25, 1983 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 20, 1986.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Bierly James D
- Model
- VARIEZE
- Serial number
- 1854
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-200 SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1986
- Transponder code
- A8647B (octal 52062173)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 25, 1983
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 20, 1986
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00832166
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bierly James D
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 7040 Eliz Nm Rd SE
Elizabeth, IN 47117
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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 N64SJ, 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 Bierly James D, an individual, certificate issued November 25, 1983, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 20, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1854 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N64SJ 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 N64SJ: Accident on May 20, 1992 at Jeffersonville, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: James D. Bierly VARI-EZ · operated under 091
A COLLAPSED CARBURETOR AIR INTAKE DUCT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE SOFT, UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING.
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- 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