Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8X
N7357 is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8X, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Vans Aircraft INC, a corporation in Aurora, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 19, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated June 17, 2022.
Where is it now Last seen Tuesday at 5:07 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Vans Aircraft Inc
- Model
- RV-8X · all RV-8Xs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. A kit, built by its owner. This is how the Van's Aircraft RV-8 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 081005
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-390 SER · 210 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2022
- Transponder code
- A9E0EB (octal 52360353)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 19, 2022
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 17, 2022
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01367096
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vans Aircraft INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 14401 Keil Rd NE
Aurora, OR 97002-9467
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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
Connections how N7357 links to the rest of the register
- Van's Aircraft RV-8 5 registered
- Vans Aircraft Inc 966 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-390 series 312 aircraft with this engine series · 210 hp
- Vans Aircraft INC 34 aircraft in the fleet
- Aurora, OR 269 aircraft registered in this town
- Aurora State Airport · UAO
- Oregon 7,020 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-390 series 5 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-390 series 2 reports since 1995
- Where N7357 is now · Last seen Tuesday at 5:07 pm.
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The public federal record on N7357, 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 Vans Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 19, 2022, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated June 17, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 081005 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7357 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A (serial 924, cancelled August 10, 2006). 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 N7357: Accident on June 14, 1992 at Ft. Gaines, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman G-164A · operated under 137
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Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data