- Registered owner
- Smith Gregory S
- Location
- New Orleans, LA
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 70473
- Year built
- 2007
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- January 27, 2007
- Certificate issued
- January 18, 2007
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Mode S code
- A9A1DA
- Kit
- Vans Aircraft Inc RV7A
From the FAA registry file of October 22, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 31
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1963 | 1 |
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| 1964 | 1 |
| 1966 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1 |
| 1969 | 2 |
| 1977 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
See all 35 ADs
Information bulletins that may apply · 5
Advisory, not mandatory.
Engine · Lycoming O-360-A1A
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 N72GSMatched 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 Smith Gregory Scott RV-7A aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N72GSMatched 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 Smith Gregory Scott RV-7A aircraft
Reports on N72GS not matched to an aircraft · 2
They name N72GS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Incident 19960524019279IAmtrqk QUICKIE2 · Yakima, WANarrative: after landing on rwy 09 at Yakima, aircraft caught by strong gust of wind & forced off of side of rwy into grass. One rwy light broken, very minor damage to aircraft.Incident 19840422020959IAmtrqk Quickie · Yakima, WATail wheel broke off on the landing roll ground looped off the runway. Fiber glass holding tail wheel broke.
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N72GSGeneral 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 Smith Gregory Scott RV-7A aircraft
STCs that may be installed · 40
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
See all 40 STCs
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N72GS before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.