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N1243A

David W Oakes RV-7A

Valid Virginia

N1243A is a David W Oakes RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Squadron One LLC, an LLC in Vienna, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 13, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 21, 2012.

Aircraft

Maker
David W Oakes
Model
RV-7A
Serial number
72022
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-A1A · 200 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2012
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV7A
Transponder code
A06550 (octal 50062520)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 13, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 13, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · December 21, 2012
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01100497

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Squadron One LLC
Type
LLC
Address
2201 Trott Ave
Vienna, VA 22181-3130

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N1243A, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Squadron One LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 13, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 21, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 72022 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N1243A according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N1243A: Accident on July 25, 2013 at Charlottesville, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 22, 1989 at Sulatna River, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

CEN13CA434Accident on July 25, 2013 at Charlottesville, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: David W Oakes RV-7A · operated under 091

The improper landing attitude which damaged the nosewheel and a resulted in a hard landing.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

ANC89LA046Accident on February 22, 1989 at Sulatna River, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 181036

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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