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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N697W

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12

N697W is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Reading, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12
Serial number
120348
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A946AB (octal 52243253)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 17, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 17, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
01553394

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bishop Patrick M
Type
Individual
Address
11 Oak Ridge Rd
Reading, MA 01867-3728

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.

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