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N30DS

Sims David L RV8

Valid Tennessee

N30DS is a Sims David L RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lebanon, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 14, 2003.

Aircraft

Maker
Sims David L
Model
RV8
Serial number
81482
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2003
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A31D55 (octal 50616525)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 14, 2011
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
June 27, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · January 14, 2003
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00001869

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Saver Matthew S
Type
Individual
Address
117 Aviation Way
Lebanon, TN 37090-7018

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

2000-05-01Cessna 172 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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