Sheaffer Leroy B KITFOX MODEL IV
N788KF is a Sheaffer Leroy B KITFOX MODEL IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Iav8 INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 24, 2009 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 8, 2010.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Sheaffer Leroy B
- Model
- KITFOX MODEL IV
- Serial number
- LBS087
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- AAAF25 (octal 52527445)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 24, 2009
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 8, 2010
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01043750
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Iav8 INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902
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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 N788KF, 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 Iav8 INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 24, 2009, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 8, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial LBS087 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N788KF 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 N788KF: Accident on July 19, 2024 at Palmyra, PA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sheaffer Leroy B KITFOX MODEL IV · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel airplane during takeoff from a narrow runway with a crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA24LA316 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