Single-engine piston

N765BF

2006 Vans RV-8

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2006
Serial
80212
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-C1C
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
4 for Fun Inc (Corporation)
Based
Joliet, IL
2006 Vans RV-8
Representative photo of a Vans RV-8. Not a photo of N765BF.
Registration record

N765BF on the FAA register

Type
2006 Vans RV-8 (FAA: Vans RV8)
Serial
80212
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-C1C
Registered owner
4 for Fun Inc
Joliet, IL
Certificate issued
2025-09-22
Airworthiness date
2026-06-30
Registration expires
2032-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AA543A
Mode S (octal)
52452072
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Market asking range
$125,000 to $199,000
Middle half of 3 live Vans RV-8 listings, 2001–2015 models (median $175,000). Asking prices, not an appraisal of N765BF.
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-06-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2025-09-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N765BF.
  • 2006
    Manufactured (2006).
Overview

About N765BF

N765BF is a 2006 Vans RV-8 (FAA model RV8), serial number 80212. The FAA register lists 4 for Fun Inc as the registrant in Joliet, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 22, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360-C1C engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 30, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N765BF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N765BF.

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.