Waltz Joe A RV-8
N877TC is a Waltz Joe A RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Montgomery, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 1, 2000 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 22, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Waltz Joe A
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 80775
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2001
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- AC1203 (octal 53011003)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 1, 2000
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 22, 2001
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00163593
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Waltz Joe A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 142 Wedgewood Dr W
Montgomery, TX 77356-8370
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N877TC, 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 Waltz Joe A, an individual, certificate issued February 1, 2000, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 22, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80775 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N877TC according to the deregistered file. [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 N877TC: Accident on June 30, 2002 at Omaha, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waltz RV-8 · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to a loose connecting rod cap bolt and the resulting fatigue failure of the connecting rod cap. A related factor was the unsuitable terrain.
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- 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