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N8782D

David M Schmitz/Derek C James RV-8

Valid Kentucky

N8782D is a David M Schmitz/Derek C James RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Louisville, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 2013 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 15, 2014.

Aircraft

Maker
David M Schmitz/Derek C James
Model
RV-8
Serial number
83167
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-B2C · 168 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2014
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
AC16B0 (octal 53013260)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 20, 2013
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
March 23, 2026
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · October 15, 2014
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01133106

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Schmitz David M
Type
Co-owned
Address
3911 Oakleigh Meadow Pl
Louisville, KY 40245-8440
Co-owners
James Derek C

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

1965-08-11Piper PA-18A 150 · Valid registration

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