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N415GS

Swanson Gordon Lee SWANSON RV-8

N415GS is a Swanson Gordon Lee SWANSON RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Kirkman Robert Nolan, a partnership in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 8, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 18, 2004.

Aircraft

Maker
Swanson Gordon Lee
Model
SWANSON RV-8
Serial number
81406
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2004
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A4E75A (octal 51163532)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 8, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 8, 2026
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · February 18, 2004
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00081349

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kirkman Robert Nolan
Type
Partnership
Address
220 Ellis Crest Ln
Pilot Mountain, NC 27041-8638
Co-owners
Kirkman Christi C

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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