Vanderark Jan R RV-10
N917VA is a Vanderark Jan R RV-10, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chandler, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Vanderark Jan R
- Model
- RV-10
- Serial number
- 40076
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2014
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-10
- Transponder code
- ACB288 (octal 53131210)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 27, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 26, 2014
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01134450
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vander Ark Jan R Trustee
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1064 E San Carlos Way
Chandler, AZ 85249-4709
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N917VA, 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 Vander Ark Jan R Trustee, an individual, certificate issued March 27, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40076 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N917VA 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 N917VA: Accident on November 12, 2017 at Sun Lakes, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vanderark RV-10 · operated under 091
The fatigue fractures of the upper and lower alternator attachment bolts, which decreased the common drive belt tension and resulted in the subsequent in-flight separation of an alternator drive belt, the overheating of the engine, and the subsequent total loss of engine power.
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 September 30, 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