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N120SJ

Stuart T Smith VANS AIRCRAFT RV8

Valid Colorado

N120SJ is a Stuart T Smith VANS AIRCRAFT RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palmer Lake, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 18, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 9, 2016.

Aircraft

Maker
Stuart T Smith
Model
VANS AIRCRAFT RV8
Serial number
81634
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1A · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2015
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A0554B (octal 50052513)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 18, 2022
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · January 9, 2016
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
01176215

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fessler Steven W
Type
Individual
Address
593 Highway 105
Palmer Lake, CO 80133-9004

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data