Aircraft type safety record

RV8 — accident and safety record

Every recorded RV8 accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets (1983–2026).

OCCURRENCES100

FATAL16

HULL LOSSES11

RV8 safety overview

Most affected: US (16), GB (7), ZA (3), AU (2), PT (1)

Top operators: Woodland Bend Of The River, Inc. (1), Todd E. Eslick (1), STEELE JEFFREY B (1), SANTSCHI CHRIS A (1), Robert L. Gandt (1)

RV8 occurrences (1–50 of 100)

2026-02-19 (incident)
2025-11-23 — VH-YGY (hull loss)
2025-10-17 (incident)
2025-07-21 — LY-LOT (incident)
2025-03-28 (incident)
2024-12-10 — DAVIS ROBERT W (incident)
2024-11-13 — ATKINSON JEFFREY M (incident)
2024-11-08 (incident)
2024-08-15 (incident)
2024-07-06 (incident)
2023-12-16 (1 fatal)
2023-09-05 (incident)
2023-07-01 (incident)
2023-05-05 (incident)
2023-03-29 — ZU-WDN (incident)
2023-01-08 (incident)
2022-05-31 (incident)
2021-12-04 (incident)
2021-09-27 (incident)
2021-09-13 — A-Mark Air, Inc. (incident)
2021-09-03 (incident)
2021-07-09 — PAYNE STEVEN R (incident)
2021-05-27 (incident)
2021-05-24 (1 fatal)
2021-05-12 (incident)
2020-09-21 (1 fatal)
2020-07-24 (1 fatal)
2020-07-17 (incident)
2020-06-29 (incident)
2020-06-29 (incident)
2020-06-13 (1 fatal)
2020-06-12 — Rieder Kenneth J (incident)
2020-06-08 (incident)
2020-05-21 (incident)
2020-03-04 — Caye Palmas Transport Inc. (incident)
2020-02-15 (hull loss)
2020-01-24 (incident)
2019-10-20 — Woodland Bend Of The River, Inc. (1 fatal)
2019-09-17 (2 fatal)
2019-07-20 (incident)
2019-06-29 — Joplin Flyers Flying Club (incident)
2019-04-18 — Penticoff James F (2 fatal)
2019-02-15 (incident)
2019-01-12 (1 fatal)
2018-10-12 (1 fatal)
2018-09-11 (incident)
2018-06-23 — G-JBTR (incident)
2018-05-29 (incident)
2017-10-14 (incident)
2017-09-26 (incident)

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