Anatra Bart T VANS RV-7A
N816BA is an Anatra Bart T VANS RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dalhart, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 31, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 2, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Anatra Bart T
- Model
- VANS RV-7A
- Serial number
- 70809
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2005
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV7A
- Transponder code
- AB1FC0 (octal 52617700)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 31, 2023
- Expires
- August 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 31, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 2, 2005
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00123939
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ward Bobby J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 1223
Dalhart, TX 79022-1223
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N816BA, 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 Ward Bobby J, an individual, certificate issued August 31, 2023, expires August 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 2, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70809 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N816BA 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 N816BA: Accident on November 25, 2011 at Quinton, VA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Anatra Bart T VANS RV-7A · operated under 091
The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, and the subsequent nose-over during the forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA12CA088 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