N215AV2002 Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd GA 8
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19826 ADs may apply
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- National Test Pilot School
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Mojave, CA
- Certificate issued
- May 25, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and Development
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 3, 2018
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd
- Model
- GA 8
- Year
- 2002
- Serial number
- GA8-02-015
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 8
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A1CC29
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Io 540 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 260 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowNational Test Pilot SchoolMojave, CA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (6)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-05-01 | Gippsland Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 Airplanes | Mar 2, 2009 | Airframe (GA 8)Certain serial numbers: GA8 GA8-00-004–on |
| 2006-19-11 | Gippsland Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 Airplanes | Oct 25, 2006 | Airframe (GA 8)Certain serial numbers: GA8 …–GA8-05-088 |
| 2005-22-02 | Gippsland Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 Airplanes | Nov 17, 2005 | Airframe (GA 8) |
| 2005-19-11 | Lycoming Engines (Formerly Textron Lycoming) AEIO-360, IO-360, O-360, LIO-360, LO-360… | Oct 21, 2005 | Engine (IO 540 SER)Only with: Engines rated at 300 HP or lower, manufactured new, rebuilt, or overhauled after March 1, 1999, or that had a crankshaft installed after March 1, 1999. |
| 2005-01-11 | Gippsland Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 Airplanes | Mar 4, 2005 | Airframe (GA 8)Certain serial numbers: GA8 GA8-00-004–GA8-04-056 |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-24 | Lycoming Engines (Formerly Textron Lycoming) AEIO-540, IO-540, LTIO-540, O-540, and… | Mar 30, 2004 | Engine (IO 540 SER)Only with: Engines with crankshaft gear retaining bolts P/N STD-2209 installed; excludes O-540-F series engines subject to AD 99-03-05 with bolt not since replaced, engines with bolt installed at original assembly or replaced by Lycoming per SB 554 after November 10, 1998, engines with bolt from replacement kits 05K19987, 05K23325, 05K23326, 05K23327, 05K23335 or 05K23336, and engines with single-drive dual magnetos. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026