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N498RV

Karpinski Arthur A VANS RV8

Valid Texas

N498RV is a Karpinski Arthur A VANS RV8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Montgomery, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 12, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Karpinski Arthur A
Model
VANS RV8
Serial number
81791
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming YIO-360-M1B · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2020
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A62F5B (octal 51427533)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 27, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 28, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 12, 2020
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01317271

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Middlebrook John Daniel
Type
Individual
Address
18875 Rabon Chapel Rd
Montgomery, TX 77316-4126

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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