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N516AM

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS

Valid Indiana

N516AM is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in La Porte, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 15, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated August 9, 2023.

Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12IS
Serial number
12141
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2023
Transponder code
A677C5 (octal 51473705)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 15, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 15, 2025
Airworthiness
Light sport · Airplane · August 9, 2023
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01409615

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aerts Frank E
Type
Individual
Address
4531 W Riesling Ct
La Porte, IN 46350-7211

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

2014-11-05Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) · Valid registration

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