- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 20480
- Year built
- 1997
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- July 15, 2008
- Certificate issued
- October 19, 1995
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A0E4D7
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 26
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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| 1967 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Engine · Lycoming O-320-B2B
AD 2026-04-11Engine (Reciprocating)AD 2017-16-11Reciprocating Engine Power SectionAD 2012-03-07CarburetorInformation bulletins that may apply · 5
Advisory, not mandatory.
Engine · Lycoming O-320-B2B
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-06-32R1Reciprocating Engine - CrankshaftHistorical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N157GSMatched 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 Sobek Gary A RV-6 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N157GSMatched 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 Sobek Gary A RV-6 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 2
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2019FA0000341Elt · false activationAT ENGINE SHUT DOWN, HEARD ACK ELT E-04 BUZZER GOING OFF. ELT WAS UPGRADED IN JULY 2019. THIS WAS FIRST FALSE ALARM. FLEW FROM 18A TO NC25. FLIGHT WAS ABOUT 1.5-HOURS. LANDING WAS NOT PERFECT SMOOTH BUT G-METER HAD RECORDED 0.5 TO 1.7 G DURING TAKEOFF, FLISDR 2011FA0000327Pump · defectiveEXPERIMENTAL FUEL BOOST PUMP PN PX375B-40A-5-25-F, SN 30313 01-10. NEW PUMP BENCH TESTED BEFORE INSTALLATION, WOULD NOT SELF PRIME. PUMP ALSO WOULD NOT MAKE ANY PRESSURE ONCE PRIMED AND OUTLET CLOSED OFF. PUMP WAS DIASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED. FOUND BAD DESIGN
STCs that may be installed · 50
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Engine · Lycoming O-320-B2B
STC SE04651CHTo allow use of l00R grade aviation fuel meeting Swift Fuel, LLC specification SPEC-l00R-22STC SE00825WIInstallation of Specialty Products Spin-on oil filter on Lycoming Engines.STC SE2932SWInstall carburetor air temperature indicator. Approved for Aircooled Motors (Franklin Engine Co.) equipped with float carburetors. Model eligibility included here may not be inclusive.