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N987LS

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12

Valid Texas

N987LS is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2017. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Friendswood, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated November 20, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12
Serial number
120613
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2017
Transponder code
ADC630 (octal 53343060)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 17, 2017
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Operating light-sport kit-built · November 20, 2017
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01247057

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Larry
Type
Individual
Address
207 Oak Dr
Friendswood, TX 77546-5525

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

1971-08-24Beech S35 · Valid registration

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