{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2001-06-26","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-06-18","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Loan or lien (security agreement)","doc_type_code":"S/A","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-25"},{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-25"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8","last_action_date":"2026-06-18","maker":"Wilson James G","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WILSON JAMES G","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05607Z3","mode_s_code":"52365104","mode_s_hex":"A9EA44","model":"RV-8","n_number":"N738RK","name":"PAPA SIERRA LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N738RK is a Wilson James G RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Papa Sierra LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 26, 2001. 2 documents are on file: loan or lien (security agreement), bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Papa Sierra LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 18, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 26, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80183 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N738RK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna TR182 (serial R18200956, cancelled date not given). 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":"1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 25, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No NTSB investigation records located under N738RK. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"80183","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5305 LIMESTONE RD STE 200","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00115942","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N738RK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2001,"zip":"198081247"}