Rans S-6ES
N16148 is a Rans S-6ES, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Alma, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated May 25, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rans
- Model
- S-6ES · all S-6ESs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Rans S-6 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 11051714
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2007
- Transponder code
- A0F86A (octal 50174152)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 29, 2022
- 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). 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 · May 25, 2007
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00352489
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- York Leighton e
- 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
- 347 Lakeshore Dr
Alma, KS 66401-9760
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 1
Connections how N16148 links to the rest of the register
- Rans S-6 22 registered
- Rans 91 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912ULS series 3,383 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Alma, KS 1 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N16148.json.
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The public federal record on N16148, 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 York Leighton e, an individual, certificate issued January 29, 2022, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated May 25, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11051714 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N16148 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson SR-8B (serial 9718, cancelled May 25, 1948). 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]
1 NTSB record under N16148: Accident on April 24, 2024 at Emporia, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rans S-6ES · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain control during the landing flare.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data