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N438W

Merle Dean Webster VANS RV-8

Valid Indiana

N438W is a Merle Dean Webster VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Martinsville, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 18, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Merle Dean Webster
Model
VANS RV-8
Serial number
82931
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A542CA (octal 51241312)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 18, 2016
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01228107

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Webster Merle Dean
Type
Individual
Address
3211 Falcon Crest Dr
Martinsville, IN 46151-7092

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

1936-08-26Travel Air 12-Q · Valid registration

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