- Registered owner
- Skyhog Aviation LLC
- Location
- Independence, LA
- Owner type
- LLC
- Serial number
- 83415
- Year built
- 2017
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- January 20, 2017
- Certificate issued
- August 9, 2016
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A6CE31
- Kit
- Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Superior O-360 model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 1
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
Engine · Superior O-360 series
AD 2020-25-12Reciprocating Engine Power SectionInformation bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N538AMMatched 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 Ennis M Midyett VANS ACFT INC RV8 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N538AMMatched 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 Ennis M Midyett VANS ACFT INC RV8 aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N538AMGeneral 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 Ennis M Midyett VANS ACFT INC RV8 aircraft
Reports on N538AM not matched to an aircraft · 1
They name N538AM, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
STCs that may be installed · 3
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.