Randolph William D VANS RV8
N878DZ is a Randolph William D VANS RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Florence, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 1, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built; operating kit-built aircraft, dated January 21, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Randolph William D
- Model
- VANS RV8
- Serial number
- 81885
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2004
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- AC1471 (octal 53012161)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 1, 2021
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built; Operating kit-built aircraft · January 21, 2005
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00106519
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Slayback Eric J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 640 Devonshire Cir
Florence, KY 41042-4701
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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 N878DZ, 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 Slayback Eric J, an individual, certificate issued May 1, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; operating kit-built aircraft, dated January 21, 2005, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 81885 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N878DZ 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 N878DZ: Accident on March 4, 2020 at Harrison, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans RV8 · operated under 091
The malfunction of the steerable tailwheel, which resulted in a loss of directional control during the landing roll and subsequent impact with the precision approach path indicator lights system.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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