Tryon James A RV-7A
N721PT is a Tryon James A RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bellingham, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 19, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 18, 2016.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Tryon James A
- Model
- RV-7A
- Serial number
- 72112
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming YIO-360-M1B · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2016
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV7A
- Transponder code
- A9A89A (octal 52324232)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 19, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 18, 2016
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01052105
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Shelman Jeffrey W
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 480 W Lake Samish Dr
Bellingham, WA 98229-9368
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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 N721PT, 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 Shelman Jeffrey W, an individual, certificate issued February 19, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 18, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 72112 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N721PT was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Polstra Philip ZODIAC CH 601 HDS (serial 63423, cancelled November 29, 2005). 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 N721PT: Accident on June 16, 2003 at Thomson, GA: 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: Polstra Zodiac CH 601 HDS · operated under 091
The total loss of engine power due to the fatigue fracture of the No. 3 cylinder intake valve, which resulted in a forced landing to rough terrain and subsequent collision with small trees and a tree stump.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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