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N501JB

Bowen James Austin Jr RV-8

N501JB is a Bowen James Austin Jr RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Lake Tapps, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 2022 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
Bowen James Austin Jr
Model
RV-8
Serial number
81786
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
A63E71 (octal 51437161)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 23, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00449909

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nelson Jill
Type
Co-owned
Address
18202 17Th St E
Lake Tapps, WA 98391-9451
Co-owners
Bowen Justin

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 2

1999-09-27Garrett Larry L STARFLIGHT DBL · Valid registration
1989-03-02Dawn Patrollers Inc. RK-1 JUNGSTER I · 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