{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2026-03-03","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-10-08","city":"MARTINSVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"109","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","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":"2025-08-16","maker":"Schilling Karl F","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHILLING KARL F","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05608YA","mode_s_code":"52300262","mode_s_hex":"A980B2","model":"KN RV8","n_number":"N711KN","name":"LOWE KEVIN","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HAINES","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-10-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC97LA005","probable_cause":"a leaking coolant hose that saturated the induction air filter and one electronic ignition system with coolant. Unsuitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor in the accident.","registration":"N711KN","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 29, 1996 at Haines, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N711KN is a Schilling Karl F KN RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Martinsville, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 8, 2019 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 3, 2026.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Lowe Kevin, an individual, certificate issued October 8, 2019, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 3, 2026, 27 years after the 1999 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 1004 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N711KN was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Seright Ken ROTORWAY EXEC 162F (serial 6072, cancelled May 29, 1997). 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 N711KN: Accident on October 29, 1996 at Haines, AK: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"1004","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1430 WIGWAM LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00803623","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N711KN","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1999,"zip":"461516492"}