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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N166CM

Rans Co S-12XL AIRAILE

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N166CM is a Rans Co S-12XL AIRAILE, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grass Valley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated January 26, 2008.

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Aircraft

Maker
Rans Co
Model
S-12XL AIRAILE
Serial number
6950612
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 · Hirth 2706 · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A10836 (octal 50204066)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 2, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Last FAA action
March 2, 2026
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 · January 26, 2008
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00458139

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Warner Randolph J
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
106 Cypress Hill Dr
Grass Valley, CA 95945-5623

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N166CM links to the rest of the register

Design
  • Rans Co 1 aircraft on the register
Engine
  • Hirth 2706 34 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N166CM, 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 Warner Randolph J, an individual, certificate issued March 2, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6950612 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N166CM according to the deregistered file. [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 N166CM. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data