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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Smith Morris W DRIFTER
N8803S is a Smith Morris W DRIFTER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2020. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lucedale, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 4, 2020.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Smith Morris W
- Model
- DRIFTER
- Serial number
- MS001
- 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
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582-99 · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- AC20A7 (octal 53020247)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 8, 2021
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · March 4, 2020
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01309600
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Barry Chad 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
- 3287 Lloyd Eubanks Rd
Lucedale, MS 39452-2982
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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 N8803S links to the rest of the register
- Smith Morris W 3 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 582-99 22 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Lucedale, MS 36 aircraft registered in this town
- Mississippi 2,604 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N8803S, 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 Barry Chad M, an individual, certificate issued April 8, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 4, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial MS001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8803S was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-1 (serial DW-1-0025-81, cancelled November 26, 2014); Air Tractor Inc AT-302 (serial 302-0196, cancelled May 22, 1979); Cessna 150F (serial 15062103, cancelled October 13, 1969). 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 N8803S: Accident on June 7, 1987 at Mediapolis, IA: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 · operated under 137
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data