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N22281

Niska Charles E VANS RV-8

Valid Minnesota

N22281 is a Niska Charles E VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Starbuck, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 27, 2009.

Aircraft

Maker
Niska Charles E
Model
VANS RV-8
Serial number
82174
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-B1A · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A1EBF9 (octal 50365771)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 15, 2021
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · April 27, 2009
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01006537

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Boelke Christopher T
Type
Individual
Address
16415 State Highway 114
Starbuck, MN 56381-2452

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 2

1976-06-11Cessna 150H · Sale reported
1946-10-10Taylorcraft BL · Valid registration

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