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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026James R Schilling RANS S19
N8DV is a James R Schilling RANS S19, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2013. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Otis, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 8, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- James R Schilling
- Model
- RANS S19
- Serial number
- 060800011
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912S · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2013
- Kit
- RANS INC RANS S-19
- Transponder code
- AADD8A (octal 52556612)
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 22, 2025
- Expires
- April 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- April 22, 2025
- 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 · January 8, 2014
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01120809
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kahrs Nicholas
- 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
- 307 Arapahoe St
Otis, CO 80743-9204
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8DV links to the rest of the register
- James R Schilling 3 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912S 335 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Otis, CO 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,455 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N8DV, 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 Kahrs Nicholas, an individual, certificate issued April 22, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated January 8, 2014, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 060800011 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8DV 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 N8DV: Accident on September 15, 2015 at East Falmouth, MA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: J. Schilling S-19 · operated under 091
The experimental airplane builder's failure to properly secure the stabilator trim tab push-pull tube’s connection, which resulted in the tube’s separation and a subsequent hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot/owner's failure to detect the improperly secured connection during a recent condition inspection.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data