Single-engine piston

N791A

2008 Homebuilt Vans RV-7A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2008
Serial
70091
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-360-A1A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mellenger Leon C + 2 co-owners (Partnership)
Based
Spicewood, TX
Registration record

N791A on the FAA register

Type
2008 Homebuilt Vans RV-7A
Serial
70091
Engines
Lycoming O-360-A1A
Registered owner
Mellenger Leon C + 2 co-owners
Spicewood, TX
Certificate issued
2024-02-08
Airworthiness date
2008-06-01
Registration expires
2031-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AABBBC
Mode S (octal)
52535674
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Vans Aircraft Inc RV7A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-02-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N791A to the current registrant.
  • 2008-06-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1975-08-05
    N791A previously assigned to a Beechcraft H18S / E18S (s/n BA-103); cancelled.
Overview

About N791A

N791A is a 2008 Homebuilt Vans RV-7A, serial number 70091. The FAA register lists Mellenger Leon C + 2 co-owners as the registrant in Spicewood, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 8, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-360-A1A engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 1, 2008.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N791A. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1975-06-26 Accident · Toledo,Oh, 35 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2514
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft E18S — a different aircraft that carried the N791A registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TH BOTTOM OF OIL TANK.

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.