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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Ellis Melvin RV9A
N773W is an Ellis Melvin RV9A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 30, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 13, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Ellis Melvin
- Model
- RV9A
- Serial number
- 90664
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0320-E3D · 150 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-9A
- Transponder code
- AA7620 (octal 52473040)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 30, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 13, 2010
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01038286
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gower Scott B
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 516 Creek Side Dr
Shelbyville, KY 40065-7320
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N773W links to the rest of the register
- Ellis Melvin 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming 0320-E3D 13 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Shelbyville, KY 35 aircraft registered in this town
- Kentucky 2,981 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Slat, separated · 1998-08-05
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The public federal record on N773W, 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 Gower Scott B, an individual, certificate issued June 30, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 13, 2010, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 90664 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N773W 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 N773W: Accident on May 2, 1996 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rockwell NA-265-80 · operated under 091
overdeflection of the left outboard main landing gear tire, probably due to underinflation and inadequate inspection, which resulted in fatigue failure of the left outboard tire and subsequent failure of the left inboard tire.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data