Single-engine piston

N77S

2013 Homebuilt Vans RV-8A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2013
Serial
81845
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Portland, OR
Registration record

N77S on the FAA register

Type
2013 Homebuilt Vans RV-8A
Serial
81845
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-A1B6
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Portland, OR
Certificate issued
2025-05-15
Airworthiness date
2013-11-06
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AA683E
Mode S (octal)
52464076
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N77S to the current registrant.
  • 2013-11-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2012-08-09
    N77S previously assigned to a Cessna 140 (s/n 11013); cancelled.
Overview

About N77S

N77S is a 2013 Homebuilt Vans RV-8A, serial number 81845. It is registered to an individual in Portland, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 15, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated November 6, 2013.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N77S. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2004-01-12 Accident · Vacaville, CA Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · LAX04LA092
Reported aircraft: Cessna 140 — a different aircraft that carried the N77S registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's failure to either obtain a preflight weather report and forecast for the destination or to add additional fuel, which ultimately resulted in fuel exhaustion and collision with trees.
1965-05-25 Accident · Montague Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1671
Reported aircraft: Cessna 140 — a different aircraft that carried the N77S registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: RUNWAY.

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.