{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-04-09","city":"SUMTER","country_code":"US","county_code":"085","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2030-01-31","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":"2023-09-30","maker":"Gibbons Robert D","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GIBBONS ROBERT D","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056276H","mode_s_code":"51672415","mode_s_hex":"A7750D","model":"RV-8","n_number":"N58RG","name":"GIBBONS ROBERT D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"EDEN","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-10-19","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI97LA011","probable_cause":"a partial loss of engine power due to improper adjustment of the fuel pump by an unqualified person (pilot-in-command) and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in his selection of unsuitable terrain for the attempted takeoff.  The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane and the trees were factors.","registration":"N58RG","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on October 19, 1996 at Eden, WI: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N58RG is a Gibbons Robert D RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sumter, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 9, 2009 and expires on January 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gibbons Robert D, an individual, certificate issued April 9, 2009, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80067 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N58RG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 685 (serial 12047, cancelled April 2, 1998). 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":"1 NTSB record under N58RG: Accident on October 19, 1996 at Eden, WI: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"80067","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2525 MAIDENHAIR LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01029152","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N58RG","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"291539516"}