Hathaway Michael T VANS RV-14A
N78MH is a Hathaway Michael T VANS RV-14A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kingsport, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 3, 2022 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 27, 2022.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hathaway Michael T
- Model
- VANS RV-14A
- Serial number
- 140897
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-390-C SERI · 215 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2022
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-14A
- Transponder code
- AA8F48 (octal 52507510)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 3, 2022
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · September 27, 2022
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 01367046
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hathaway Michael T
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3434 Silk Mill Pl
Kingsport, TN 37660-2902
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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 N78MH, 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 Hathaway Michael T, an individual, certificate issued June 3, 2022, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 27, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 140897 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N78MH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-301 (serial 301-0008, cancelled February 26, 2013). 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 N78MH: Accident on July 2, 1986 at Lake City, AR: 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT301 · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC86LA138 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