Lynch Gerald Craig RV-6 VANS
N8317R is a Lynch Gerald Craig RV-6 VANS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Missouri City, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 28, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 24, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Lynch Gerald Craig
- Model
- RV-6 VANS
- Serial number
- 60490
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1D · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6
- Transponder code
- AB5F6E (octal 52657556)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 28, 2019
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 24, 2009
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01022368
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gross Roger S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2607 Big Vine Ct
Missouri City, TX 77459-7213
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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 N8317R, 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 Gross Roger S, an individual, certificate issued May 28, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 24, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 60490 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8317R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28 (serial 28-22188, cancelled November 15, 1967). 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 N8317R: Accident on August 25, 1984 at Naperville, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28RT-201T · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI84LA368 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