Arganbright Michael J VANS RV-4
N968MA is an Arganbright Michael J VANS RV-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Linden, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2002 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 10, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Arganbright Michael J
- Model
- VANS RV-4
- Serial number
- 3964
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-4
- Transponder code
- AD7AF2 (octal 53275362)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 24, 2002
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 10, 2002
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00294117
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Arganbright Michael J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2395 A Ave
Linden, IA 50146-7508
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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 N968MA, 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 Arganbright Michael J, an individual, certificate issued April 24, 2002, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 10, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3964 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N968MA 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 N968MA: Accident on September 29, 2004 at Custer, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arganbright Vans RV-4 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Factors were the sudden wind shift and the embankment.
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- 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 August 27, 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