# N274CV: Phillips Ralph W VANS RV8, registration cancelled 2023-01-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 14, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Phillips Ralph W VANS RV8](https://openairdocs.org/model/phillips-ralph-w-vans-rv8) (registry code 05619RA)
- Engine: [Lycoming O-360-A1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (registry code 41594)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-286](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-286) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 81039
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Kit: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-8
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: September 9, 2005
- Last registry action: March 23, 2022
- Mode S code: A2B59E
- Location: [Crystal, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Crystal)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 45.0637° N, 93.3412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 55429, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N274CV
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=274CV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N274CV-2023-01-14

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Phillips Ralph W VANS RV8: https://openairdocs.org/model/phillips-ralph-w-vans-rv8.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN21LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA243), May 27, 2021: Phillips Ralph W Vans RV8 (N274CV), San Angelo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the installation of a reduced flow fitting in the fuel line to the carburetor by maintenance personnel.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20210527009389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210527009389A), May 27, 2021: Phillips Ralph W VANS RV8 (N274CV), San Angelo, TX, Substantial damage. On may 27, 2021, about 1825 central daylight time, a vans RV-8 airplane, N274CV, was substantially Damaged when it was involved in an accident on departure…

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.