Ferdon F/Ferdon S S-18
N119FF is a Ferdon F/Ferdon S S-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1993. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sky West Aviation INC Trustee, a corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 13, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ferdon F/Ferdon S
- Model
- S-18
- Serial number
- 119
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A04E25 (octal 50047045)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 30, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 13, 1993
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00354082
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sky West Aviation INC Trustee
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 2523 Stieglitz Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106-9605
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N119FF, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Sky West Aviation INC Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued January 30, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 13, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 119 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N119FF according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N119FF: Accident on July 26, 1993 at Ash Fork, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ferdon THORP S-18 · operated under 091
The pilots inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a precautionary landing, that resulted in collision with a fence and nose over of the airplane. A cross wind condition was a factor in this accident.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data