# N977RV: 2005 Driver Larry VANS RV-7, registration cancelled 2025-01-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 30, 2025
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Driver Larry VANS RV-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/driver-larry-vans-rv-7) (registry code 05619PL)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 71409
- Year built: 2005
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Kit: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-7
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: July 5, 2005
- Certificate issued: February 20, 2023
- Last registry action: February 20, 2023
- Mode S code: AD9F31
- Owners when cancelled: [Wells Stephanie A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELLS%20STEPHANIE%20A), [Reading John G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/READING%20JOHN%20G)
- Location: [Arvada, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Arvada)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 39.8138° N, 105.1222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80004, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977RV
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=977RV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977RV-2025-01-30

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Driver Larry VANS RV-7: https://openairdocs.org/model/driver-larry-vans-rv-7.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 CEN23FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA220), Jun 2, 2023: Vans RV7 (N977RV), Gibbon, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to fly the airplane into known adverse weather and icing conditions which resulted in a loss of control.
- [NTSB CEN21LA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA336), Jul 23, 2021: Driver RV-7 (N977RV), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The RV-8 pilot’s failure to account for the position of the RV-7 behind him during the landing roll in a staggered landing formation, which resulted in a ground collision of the two airplanes.…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20230602007309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230602007309A), Jun 2, 2023: Driver Larry VANS RV-7 (N977RV), Gibbon, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The flight was planned direct at A110. A route standard briefing was issued at 1039Z from kbjc to krdk. The aircraft departed at approximately 1209Z and…
- [Accident 20210723013592A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210723013592A), Jul 23, 2021: Driver Larry VANS RV-7 (N977RV), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. On 7/23/2021 at 1510L, Oshkosh, WI (osh) ATCT recieved an public inquiry from experimental aircraft association personnel about a flight of two vans rv…

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