{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2011-10-31","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-09-26","city":"CHARLOTTE","country_code":"US","county_code":"119","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42253","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-360-A1F6D","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2026-04-10","maker":"Sandall Evan R","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SANDALL EVAN R","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056154B","mode_s_code":"50364344","mode_s_hex":"A1E8E4","model":"RV-8","n_number":"N222ES","name":"THAKKAR RAVI R","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Wilsonville","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-06-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DFW07CA136","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.","registration":"N222ES","state":"AL","summary":"Accident on June 16, 2007 at Wilsonville, AL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"San Dimas","damage":"DEST","date":"2000-10-07","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX01FA004","probable_cause":"The pilots becoming lost and disoriented during an improperly conducted IFR approach, and subsequent missed approach, that led to a collision with rising mountainous terrain.  Also causal was the local controller canceling the IFR approach when the pilot specifically stated he wanted to continue the IFR approach, and the local controller, as well as sector controllers failure to issue a unsafe proximity to terrain safety alert to the pilots (MSAW alert) as required by the Air Traffic Control Handbook.","registration":"N222ES","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 7, 2000 at San Dimas, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FRESNO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-02-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX90LA100","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE AIRPLANE DURING TAXI.","registration":"N222ES","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on February 21, 1990 at Fresno, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N222ES is a Sandall Evan R RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Charlotte, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 31, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Thakkar Ravi R, an individual, certificate issued September 26, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 31, 2011, 8 years after the 2003 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80282 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N222ES was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-200 (serial 34-7250331, cancelled April 14, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"3 NTSB records under N222ES: Accident on June 16, 2007 at Wilsonville, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 7, 2000 at San Dimas, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on February 21, 1990 at Fresno, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"80282","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5212 PLANTATION RIDGE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00070199","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N222ES","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"282148597"}