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N3966

Rans S-12XL

Valid Illinois

N3966 is a Rans S-12XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1997. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Champaign, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 2, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated January 23, 2008.

Aircraft

Maker
Rans
Model
S-12XL
Serial number
01960674
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 582DCDI · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A49C3D (octal 51116075)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 2, 2025
Expires
April 30, 2032
Last FAA action
April 2, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Registered before Jan 31, 2008 · January 23, 2008
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00410499

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hince Samuel B
Type
Individual
Address
408 W Vine St
Champaign, IL 61820-2923

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1928-11-15Curtiss JN-SE · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data