Smith Glenn L RV-8
N767GS is a Smith Glenn L RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gainesville, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 7, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Smith Glenn L
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 81074
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D · 200 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- AA5C30 (octal 52456060)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 6, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 6, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · January 7, 2002
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00384057
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Griffith William A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2722 Northlake Rd
Gainesville, GA 30506-1836
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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 N767GS, 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 Griffith William A, an individual, certificate issued August 6, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 7, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 81074 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N767GS 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 N767GS: Accident on May 23, 2004 at Boulder City, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Glenn L Smith RV-8 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was a sudden wind shift.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX04CA231 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