{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2019-02-15","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"BAYOU VISTA","country_code":"US","county_code":"167","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-29"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41860","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-B1E","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","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":"2026-09-12","maker":"Reddick Jonathan L","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"REDDICK JONATHAN L","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056373I","mode_s_code":"52566535","mode_s_hex":"AAED5D","model":"RV8","n_number":"N803DR","name":"REGISTRATION PENDING","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"COLUMBIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-11-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL98LA012","probable_cause":"the airplane builder's improper routing of vinyl/plastic cooling/vent line(s) for the engine oil system, and improper materials supplied by the manufacturer, which led to overheating of the line(s) in the engine compartment and an in-flight fire.","registration":"N803DR","state":"SC","summary":"Accident on November 22, 1997 at Columbia, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N803DR is a Reddick Jonathan L RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bayou Vista, Texas. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration pending\". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 15, 2019. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration pending\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 15, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 82497 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N803DR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Roebuck David L S-10 SAKOTA (serial 0297180, cancelled August 1, 2011). 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 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 29, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N803DR: Accident on November 22, 1997 at Columbia, SC: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"82497","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Registration pending","status_code":"R","status_short":"Pending","street":"1256 SAILFISH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01285089","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N803DR","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2019,"zip":"775632715"}