{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2015-09-17","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-06-24","city":"GIG HARBOR","country_code":"US","county_code":"053","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"01305","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"AEROSPORT","engine_model":"IO-375 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-06-30","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":"2023-05-19","maker":"Engstad Kai","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ENGSTAD KAI","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05634EY","mode_s_code":"53251752","mode_s_hex":"AD53EA","model":"RV-8A","n_number":"N958RV","name":"ENGSTAD KAI","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Salem","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-01-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR16LA049","probable_cause":"A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, because postaccident examination of the engine and fuel system did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.","registration":"N958RV","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on January 2, 2016 at Salem, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N958RV is an Engstad Kai RV-8A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gig Harbor, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 17, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Engstad Kai, an individual, certificate issued June 24, 2015, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 17, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 83139 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N958RV 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 N958RV: Accident on January 2, 2016 at Salem, OR: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"83139","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3215 CABRINI DR NW","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01183612","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N958RV","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2015,"zip":"983357663"}