Single-engine piston

N27RV

2000 Homebuilt Vans Aircraft

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2000
Serial
80548
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Lanett, AL
Registration record

N27RV on the FAA register

Type
2000 Homebuilt Vans Aircraft
Serial
80548
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Lanett, AL
Certificate issued
2001-11-29
Airworthiness date
2000-04-05
Registration expires
2028-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A2A5AE
Mode S (octal)
50522656
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2001-11-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N27RV to the current registrant.
  • 2000-04-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1997-03-17
    N27RV previously assigned to a Homebuilt Van'S RV-3 (s/n 27A1); cancelled.
Overview

About N27RV

N27RV is a 2000 Homebuilt Vans Aircraft, serial number 80548. It is registered to an individual in Lanett, Alabama. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 29, 2001 and expires on November 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated April 5, 2000.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N27RV. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1995-10-08 Accident · Forest Grove, OR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA96LA005
Reported aircraft: Chard RV-3A — a different aircraft that carried the N27RV registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot exceeded the design stress limit of the aircraft, followed by the failure of the right wing main spar.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.