Stahl Michael S RV-8
N931KZ is a Stahl Michael S RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marion, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 19, 2024.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Stahl Michael S
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 83685
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming YIO-390 SER · 210 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2024
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
- Transponder code
- ACEA59 (octal 53165131)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 11, 2023
- Expires
- July 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- February 26, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 19, 2024
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01411925
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Stahl Michael S
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 8463 23 Mile Rd
Marion, MI 49665-8009
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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 N931KZ, 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 Stahl Michael S, an individual, certificate issued July 11, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 19, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83685 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N931KZ 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 N931KZ: Accident on July 12, 2025 at Tarkio, MO: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans RV-8 · operated under 091
On July 12, 2025, about 0830 central daylight time, a Game Composites GB-1 Gamebird airplane, N588AF, was substantially damaged, and a Vans RV-8, N931KZ, sustained minor damage, when they were involved in an accident near the Gould Peterson Municipal Airport (K57), Tarkio, Missouri. Neither pilot was injured. Both airplanes were operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flights. The airport was hosting the Wing Nuts Flying Circus event on the day of the accident. This included an air show, aircraft flybys, and static aircraft displays. A temporary flight restrict…
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