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N488BF

Ferwerda Bryan VANS RV-8

Valid

N488BF is a Ferwerda Bryan VANS RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 10, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 12, 2004.

Aircraft

Maker
Ferwerda Bryan
Model
VANS RV-8
Serial number
81397
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
2004
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A60670 (octal 51403160)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 10, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · July 12, 2004
FAA region
—
FAA record id
00086729

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
Individual
Address

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.

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