# Alexander Von VANS RV-8

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05606O4
- Manufacturer (registry): ALEXANDER VON
- Model: VANS RV-8
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/alexander-von-vans-rv-8

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 SEA99FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99FA113), Jul 10, 1999: Alexander VAN'S RV-8 (N41VA), Lafayette, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Fatigue of the number two connecting rod end resulting in a fracture at the rod end and release from the crankshaft, an ensuing in-flight fuel fed fire, followed by the pilot's abandoning the…

## 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 19990710008619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990710008619A), Jul 10, 1999: Amtr VANSRV8 (N41VA), Lafayette, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed and burned under unknown circumstances, the pilot/sole occupant suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed. (From .19) on July 10, 1999,…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Ballard Michael A VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/ballard-michael-a-vans-rv-8): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05615KW
- [Henderson Thomas F VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/henderson-thomas-f-vans-rv-8): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05621A7
- [Dombroski VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/dombroski-vans-rv-8): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05627AO
- [Robert Chris Michael VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/robert-chris-michael-vans-rv-8): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05632IZ
- [Ochs David L VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/ochs-david-l-vans-rv-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056030T
- [Goldberg Mark VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/goldberg-mark-vans-rv-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056055J
- [Brand Donald A VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/brand-donald-a-vans-rv-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560561
- [Glader John H VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/glader-john-h-vans-rv-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056065A
- [Oveross James A VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/oveross-james-a-vans-rv-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606EB
- [Veenker Harlen G VANS RV8](https://openairdocs.org/model/veenker-harlen-g-vans-rv8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606EU
- [Seith J F/Ragsdale R L VANS RV-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/seith-j-f-ragsdale-r-l-vans-rv-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606QN
- [Newhouse George A VANS RV8](https://openairdocs.org/model/newhouse-george-a-vans-rv8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606X4

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