{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2002-07-24","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-12-08","city":"HAYDEN","country_code":"US","county_code":"009","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2032-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-8A","last_action_date":"2025-12-08","maker":"Nelson Sydney","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NELSON SYDNEY","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05614E6","mode_s_code":"52660534","mode_s_hex":"AB615C","model":"VANS ACFT RV8A","n_number":"N832SD","name":"HUNT JAMES D","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Englewood","damage":"SUBS","date":"2017-05-04","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"GAA17CA257","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper landing flare and inadvertent selection of the mixture control, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing during gusting crosswind wind conditions.","registration":"N832SD","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on May 4, 2017 at Englewood, CO: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N832SD is a Nelson Sydney VANS ACFT RV8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hayden, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 24, 2002.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hunt James D, an individual, certificate issued December 8, 2025, expires December 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 80832 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N832SD according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N832SD: Accident on May 4, 2017 at Englewood, CO: minor 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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"80832","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"36 N HOLLOW ALY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00927281","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N832SD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"350797032"}