# N8506L: Van Meter Gary RW-20 STORK

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Van Meter Gary RW-20 STORK](https://openairdocs.org/model/van-meter-gary-rw-20-stork) (registry code 05902EB, 2 seats)
- Serial number: RW-20-01
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Certificate issued: April 12, 2007
- Expires: January 31, 2030
- Mode S code: ABAA8D
- Registered owner: [Van Meter Gary S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VAN%20METER%20GARY%20S)
- Location: [Carpinteria, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Carpinteria)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.4401° N, 119.5033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93013, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8506L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8506L

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 (Van Meter Gary RW-20 STORK)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N8506L.

## NTSB investigations on N8506L not matched to an aircraft (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW74FRD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FRD14), Sep 26, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N8506L), Norwood, LA, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8506L.

## Reports on N8506L not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N8506L, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19730926032199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730926032199A), Sep 26, 1973: Piper PA25235 (N8506L), Norwood, LA, Substantial damage. R mag points-moisture corrosion. Mag was timed 1DEG vice 25DEG bfr tdc. Hit tractor. No chem onboard.

## 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 N8506L

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8506L before.

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8506L-undated): Piper PA-25-235, S/N 254921. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Van Meter Gary RW-20 STORK aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/van-meter-gary-rw-20-stork/aircraft.md

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