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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Rudolph Gary LEGACY
N84V is a Rudolph Gary LEGACY, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Des Moines, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 7, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 19, 2003.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rudolph Gary
- Model
- LEGACY
- Serial number
- L2K-190
- 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 · Cont Motor IO-550 SERIES · 300 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Kit
- LANCAIR INTL INC LANCAIR LEGACY 2000
- Transponder code
- AB7F5B (octal 52677533)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 7, 2023
- Expires
- June 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- June 9, 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 · September 19, 2003
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00045729
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Switzer David M
- 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
- 3511 Hull Ave
Des Moines, IA 50317-6960
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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 3
Connections how N84V links to the rest of the register
- Rudolph Gary 3 aircraft on the register
- Continental IO-550 series 3,077 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Des Moines, IA 108 aircraft registered in this town
- Des Moines International · DSM
- Iowa 4,513 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-550 series 239 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N84V.json.
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The public federal record on N84V, 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 Switzer David M, an individual, certificate issued June 7, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 19, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial L2K-190 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N84V was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Rudolph Gary RUDOLPH VENTURE (serial 74, cancelled February 26, 2003); Dassault-Breguet FALCON 20 (serial 302, cancelled August 6, 1997); Cessna 310 (serial 35079, cancelled November 22, 1971). 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 N84V: Accident on October 22, 2026 at Belle Plaine, IA: no injuries. Accident on June 26, 2001 at Grass Valley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rudolph Gary LEGACY · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rudolph Venture · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data