N8166N1999 Thornton Ernest L RAF2000
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Grove City, PA
- Certificate issued
- Jan 31, 2000
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 26, 1999
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
- Thornton Ernest L
- Model
- RAF2000
- Year
- 1999
- Serial number
- H2-98-9-387
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Kit
- Rotary Air Force Marketing Raf-2000
- Mode S code
- AB22DD
Engine
- Make and model
- Subaru All Mdls A/B
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 400 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2000 – nowIndividual ownerGrove City, PA · current
- 1969Piper Aircraft CorpLock Haven, PA · different airframe: 1968 Piper Pa-28-140 S/N 28-25362
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 (0)
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.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026