Gieleghem Ronald A RV-8
N800PB is a Gieleghem Ronald A RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Aviation Acquisitions LLC, an LLC in Palm Coast, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 5, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Gieleghem Ronald A
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 80838
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2004
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- AAE324 (octal 52561444)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 12, 2014
- Expires
- February 28, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 5, 2004
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00113369
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aviation Acquisitions LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 17 Cedarwood Ct
Palm Coast, FL 32137-8947
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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 N800PB, 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 Aviation Acquisitions LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 12, 2014, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 5, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80838 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N800PB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172N (serial 17269519, cancelled March 20, 1997). 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]
2 NTSB records under N800PB: Accident on September 21, 2020 at Hilliard, FL: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on January 8, 1996 at Lantana, FL: minor 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans RV 8 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA20LA324 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · operated under 091
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason, while over water, which resulted in a forced landing/ditching at sea.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA96LA060 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