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N1889M

Samuel Roderick Bovington VANS RV-8

N1889M is a Samuel Roderick Bovington VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Stanwood, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 16, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 21, 2019.

Aircraft

Maker
Samuel Roderick Bovington
Model
VANS RV-8
Serial number
83309
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 · 200 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2017
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A16203 (octal 50261003)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 16, 2017
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · February 21, 2019
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
01245090

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bovington Samuel R
Type
Individual
Address
3230 263Rd St NW
Stanwood, WA 98292-8139

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1974-07-11Cessna 337G · exported to Australia · Valid registration

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