Engstad Kai RV-8A
N958RV is an Engstad Kai RV-8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gig Harbor, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 17, 2015.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Engstad Kai
- Model
- RV-8A
- Serial number
- 83139
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Aerosport IO-375 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8A
- Transponder code
- AD53EA (octal 53251752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2015
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · September 17, 2015
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01183612
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Engstad Kai
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3215 Cabrini Dr NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98335-7663
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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 N958RV, 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 Engstad Kai, an individual, certificate issued June 24, 2015, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 17, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83139 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N958RV 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 N958RV: Accident on January 2, 2016 at Salem, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kai Engstad RV-8A · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, because postaccident examination of the engine and fuel system did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
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