- Registered owner
- Mares Thomas
- Location
- Gloucester, VA
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 001
- Year built
- 2014
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- May 11, 2014
- Certificate issued
- September 17, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Mode S code
- A047DE
- Kit
- Vans Aircraft Inc RV7A
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Lycoming IO-360 model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 42
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
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| 2015 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Engine · Lycoming IO-360 series
AD 2026-04-11Engine (Reciprocating)AD 2022-16-03Engine (RECIPROCATING)AD 2020-25-12Reciprocating Engine Power SectionInformation bulletins that may apply · 11
Advisory, not mandatory.
Engine · Lycoming IO-360 series
SAIB NE-19-08Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve CylindersSAIB NE-08-32R1Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set ScrewSAIB NE-14-13Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting StudsSAIB NE-13-06Pushrod Shroud Spring Retainers, Engine Components Part No. AEL14995, for Lycoming Engines 320, 360, and 540 Series EnginesSAIB NE-08-26R3Magneto/DistributorSAIB NE-09-04Fuel Control/Reciprocating EnginesSAIB NE-06-32R1Reciprocating Engine - CrankshaftSAIB NE-05-89SAIB NE-05-40SAIB NE-03-18SAIB NE-01-22NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N117TAMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Tom A Amorde RV7A aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N117TAMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Tom A Amorde RV7A aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N117TAGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Tom A Amorde RV7A aircraft
Reports on N117TA not matched to an aircraft · 3
They name N117TA, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
SDR 5868Sprocket · detachedAIRCRAFT PITCH TRIM CONTROL FROZE IN PLACE, DURING FLIGHT, DUE TO THE RIGHT PITCH TRIM ACTUATOR CHAIN SPROCKET PN 556450-6 BECOMING DISLODGED FROM ACTUATOR DUE TO ATTACHMENT PIN FOR THE SPROCKET PN S2637-6Z11 COMING OUT OF THIS SPROCKET TO SHAFT ATTACHMENT. ASDR ESE2003F00000Blower · failedDECENDING, AFTER A 3 HOUR FLIGHT, THE CREW SMELLED FUMES WHILE PASSING THROUGH 8,000 FEET. FUMES WERE ALSO EXHAUST TYPE FUMES. THE CREW TURNED TEMPERATURE CONTROL TO FULL COLD. THE SMELL DISAPPEARED. LEVEL AT 4,000 FEET ON DOWNWIND LEG , THE CREW SELECTED SDR 2001F00730Bearing · frozenAFT ELEVATOR BELLCRANK BEARING DW6 FROZE CAUSING BELLCRANK MOUNTING BOLT TO ROTATE AND ENLARGE MOUNTING HOLES IN BELLCRANK SUPPORT ASSEMBLY BRACKETS 565344-17 AND 5565344-18.
STCs that may be installed · 55
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 55 STCs