Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc SPORT 2S
N1490 is a Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc SPORT 2S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated November 25, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc
- Model
- SPORT 2S
- Serial number
- 0157
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582SER · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0C677 (octal 50143167)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 12, 2021
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 25, 2007
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00421969
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Saavedra Gilberto
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 40504 Carretera
481 Barrio Cocos
Quebradillas, PR 00678
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Connections how N1490 links to the rest of the register
- Quicksilver Manufacturing Inc 8 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 582 series 1,193 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Quebradillas, PR 3 aircraft registered in this town
- Puerto Rico 493 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Rotax 582 series 1 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N1490.json.
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The public federal record on N1490, 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 Saavedra Gilberto, an individual, certificate issued February 12, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0157 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1490 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Brault Robert G Md GLASAIR SH2F (serial 610, cancelled January 7, 2002); Havens BOWERS FLY BABY (serial 1352, cancelled August 22, 1973); Douglas M-2 (serial 5, cancelled April 1, 1936). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N1490: Accident on May 16, 2001 at Green Bay, WI: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on April 11, 1991 at Green Bay, WI: minor 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brault Glasair SH2F · operated under 091
The pilot allowed the airspeed to get too low and inadvertently stalled the airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Brault Glasair SH2F · operated under 091
THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNPORTING OF THE FUEL PICK UP LINE IN FUEL TANK DURING ABRUPT OR NEGATIVE 'G' MANEUVERS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data