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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Rans Aircraft S12XL
N166LS is a Rans Aircraft S12XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cicero, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 13, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated October 23, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rans Aircraft
- Model
- S12XL
- Serial number
- 02020942
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A10903 (octal 50204403)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2015
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · October 23, 2007
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00378699
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gonzalez Jorge
- 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
- 3514 S Central Ave
Cicero, IL 60804-4352
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N166LS links to the rest of the register
- Rans Aircraft 4 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 582 series 1,193 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Cicero, IL 2 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Rotax 582 series 1 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N166LS, 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 Gonzalez Jorge, an individual, certificate issued April 13, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated October 23, 2007, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 02020942 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N166LS according to the deregistered file. [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 N166LS: Accident on March 21, 2008 at Wauchula, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rans, Inc. S12XL · operated under 091
The malfunction of the fuel line, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data