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N938RL

Linares Rafael RV-8

Valid Illinois

N938RL is a Linares Rafael RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palatine, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Linares Rafael
Model
RV-8
Serial number
80197
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-8
Transponder code
AD04E3 (octal 53202343)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 31, 2019
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01310239

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Linares Rafael
Type
Individual
Address
938 E Krista Ct
Palatine, IL 60074-6492

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