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N8185

William K Goeken RV-8

Valid Texas

N8185 is a William K Goeken RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Sanger, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 3, 2011.

Aircraft

Maker
William K Goeken
Model
RV-8
Serial number
81211
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Aerosport IO-360 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2011
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
AB2A1B (octal 52625033)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 5, 2020
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · November 3, 2011
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01071143

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Goeken William K Trustee
Type
Co-owned
Address
11890 Merlin Dr
Sanger, TX 76266-7927
Co-owners
Goeken Laurie A Trustee

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

1980-10-10De Neve-Bensen B-8M · Valid registration

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