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N1426C

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N1426C is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Salem, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated December 23, 2021.

Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12IS · all RV-12ISs and related versions
Serial number
12107
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2021
Transponder code
A0AD4B (octal 50126513)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
August 2, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 23, 2021
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01352002

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cavanaugh Robert F
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
3605 Illahe Heights Dr S
Salem, OR 97302-6801

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 2

2010-08-10Cirrus Design Corp SR20 · exported to Brazil · Valid registration
1954-03-16Piper PA-22-135 · Valid registration

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N1426C, 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 Cavanaugh Robert F, an individual, certificate issued August 2, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated December 23, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12107 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1426C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (serial 1325, cancelled August 10, 2010); Piper PA-22-135 (serial 22-1182, cancelled March 16, 1954). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N1426C. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data