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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Lazzarini/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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lazzarini/Lazzarini
- Model
- LONG-EZ
- Serial number
- RAF-717
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1986
- Transponder code
- AB29DF (octal 52624737)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2013
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 26, 1986
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00860153
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schleicher Richard A
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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
Connections how N8183K links to the rest of the register
- Lazzarini/Lazzarini 2 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-235 series 6,132 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Rch Palos Vrd, CA 59 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235 series 14 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N8183K.json.
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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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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…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Lazarini LONG-EZ · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data