# N5408: 2025 Kevin Eldredge RV8

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Kevin Eldredge RV8](https://openairdocs.org/model/kevin-eldredge-rv8) (registry code 05643EL, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-540-EXP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-exp) (registry code 42167)
- Serial number: 83271
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Kit: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: October 13, 2025
- Certificate issued: September 24, 2025
- Expires: September 30, 2032
- Mode S code: A6DB5C
- Registered owner: [Eldredge Kevin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ELDREDGE%20KEVIN)
- Location: [Deer Park, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Deer%20Park)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 47.9515° N, 117.5064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99006, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5408
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5408

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Kevin Eldredge RV8)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Lycoming IO-540-EXP)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N5408.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N5408.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N5408

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N5408 before.

- [Cancelled 2007-06-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5408-2007-06-25): Grumman Acft ENG Cor-Schweizer G-164A, S/N 981, built 1972. Triennial form undeliverable. Owner: [Trinkle Ag Flying Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TRINKLE%20AG%20FLYING%20INC), [Tracy, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Tracy)
- [Cancelled 1929-02-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5408-1929-02-21): Stinson SM1-B, S/N M-235, built 1928. Owner: [Rockford-Stockholm Flight Committee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROCKFORD-STOCKHOLM%20FLIGHT%20COMMITTEE), [Rockford, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Rockford)

## Related

- Other Kevin Eldredge RV8 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/kevin-eldredge-rv8/aircraft.md
- The Lycoming IO-540-EXP engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-exp.md

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