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N1981J

James F Wilson Jr VANS RV-8

Valid Kentucky

N1981J is a James F Wilson Jr VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Williamstown, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 19, 2011 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 13, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
James F Wilson Jr
Model
VANS RV-8
Serial number
83128
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Aerosport IO-375 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2011
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A18867 (octal 50304147)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 19, 2011
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · October 13, 2011
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01071662

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wilson James F JR
Type
Individual
Address
250 Greene Rd
Williamstown, KY 41097-4246

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1979-09-10Cessna A188B · exported to Greece · Valid registration

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