Single-engine piston

N5408

2025 Homebuilt RV8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
83271
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-540-EXP
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Deer Park, WA
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Registration record

N5408 on the FAA register

Type
2025 Homebuilt RV8
Serial
83271
Engines
Lycoming IO-540-EXP
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Deer Park, WA
Certificate issued
2025-09-24
Airworthiness date
2025-10-13
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A6DB5C
Mode S (octal)
51555534
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

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-10-13
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2025-09-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N5408 to the current registrant.
  • 2007-06-25
    N5408 previously assigned to a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A (s/n 981); cancelled.
  • 1929-02-21
    N5408 previously assigned to a Homebuilt SM1-B (s/n M-235); cancelled.
Overview

About N5408

N5408 is a 2025 Homebuilt RV8, serial number 83271. It is registered to an individual in Deer Park, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 24, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-540-EXP engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated October 13, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5408. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-02-29 Accident · Vernalis, CA Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX92LA131
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-164A — a different aircraft that carried the N5408 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE OPERATOR'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPLY WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE AFFECTING THE SECOND-STAGE TURBINE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF THE SECOND-STAGE TURBINE WHEEL AND THE ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.
1976-04-10 Accident · Damon,Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2417
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-164A — a different aircraft that carried the N5408 registration before this airframe.

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.