N863Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Harshbarger W/Reed F RV-8. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 19, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Harshbarger W/Reed F RV-8 cancelled September 19, 2013
- Serial number
- 80259
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- March 5, 2002
- Last FAA action
- March 11, 2008
- Last owner
- Reed Farn T (Individual)
Grants Pass, OR - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Hageman Edwin POWERED GLIDER cancelled February 8, 1933
- Serial number
- 7
- Type
- Glider · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1930
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Hageman Edwin (Individual)
Montclair, NJ - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N863Y
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Harshbarger W/Reed RV-8 · serial 80259
Corrosion and contamination within the fuel servo unit and the pilot's delayed turn back to the runway. Contributing factors were trees and the pilot's impairment due to prescription medication.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site