Fairbanks Scott A RANS S6S
N161A is a Fairbanks Scott A RANS S6S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dexter, Maine. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2010.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Fairbanks Scott A
- Model
- RANS S6S
- Serial number
- 03011409
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Jabiru 2200 · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A0F565 (octal 50172545)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 8, 2023
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 13, 2010
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 01052513
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Osterhus Douglas
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 24 View Ln
Dexter, ME 04930-2285
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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 1
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The public federal record on N161A, 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 Osterhus Douglas, an individual, certificate issued February 8, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 13, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 03011409 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N161A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 310G (serial 310G0022, cancelled June 3, 1991). 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 N161A: Accident on May 24, 1990 at Sedona, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 17, 1987 at Sedona, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 310G · operated under 091
THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY, AND PROPER TOUCH DOWN POINT WAS NOT ATTAINED.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 310G · operated under 091
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