Loomis John C RANS S-14
N140JL is a Loomis John C RANS S-14, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1992. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Veneta, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated September 21, 2007.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Loomis John C
- Model
- RANS S-14
- Serial number
- 0392019
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 503 DCDI · 52 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1992
- Transponder code
- A0A383 (octal 50121603)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 2019
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Registered before Jan 31, 2008 · September 21, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00349979
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Grubb Benjamin W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 25270 Corky Ln
Veneta, OR 97487-8715
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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 N140JL, 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 Grubb Benjamin W, an individual, certificate issued February 23, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 21, 2007, 15 years after the 1992 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0392019 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N140JL 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 N140JL: Accident on August 20, 2018 at Brownsville, OR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rans S14 · operated under 091
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering at low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and impact with terrain.
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