Lazzarini/Lazzarini LONG-EZ
N8183K is a Lazzarini/Lazzarini LONG-EZ, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rch Palos Vrd, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2013 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 26, 1986.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Lazzarini/Lazzarini
- Model
- LONG-EZ
- Serial number
- RAF-717
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1986
- Transponder code
- AB29DF (octal 52624737)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2013
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 26, 1986
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00860153
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schleicher Richard A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9 Barkentine Rd
Rch Palos Vrd, CA 90275-5822
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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 2
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The public federal record on N8183K, 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 Schleicher Richard A, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2013, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 26, 1986, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RAF-717 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8183K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Gulfstream-Schweizer A/C Corp GULFSTREAM AM G-164B (serial 604B, cancelled November 17, 1982); Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-1-1183, cancelled September 7, 1951). 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 N8183K: Accident on October 20, 2025 at Long Beach, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 5, 1986 at Jackpot, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rutan Long-EZ · operated under 091
On October 20, 2025, about 1603 Pacific daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Rutan Long-EZ, N8183K, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Long Beach, California. The pilot was seriously injured, and a pedestrian on the ground was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he had flown the airplane from the Compton/Woodley Airport (CPM), Compton, California, to French Valley Airport (F70), Murrieta/Temecula, California, as part of a flight of two airplanes. About 1…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26LA030 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lazarini LONG-EZ · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA86LA162 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