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N169DS

Rotorsport Uk Ltd MTOSPORT 2017

Valid Texas

N169DS is a Rotorsport Uk Ltd MTOSPORT 2017, a gyroplane with a four-stroke engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Horseshoe Air LLC, an LLC in Fairfield, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 17, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a primary airworthiness certificate, dated January 17, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Rotorsport Uk Ltd
Model
MTOSPORT 2017 · all MTOSPORT 2017s and related versions
Serial number
RSUK-M01839
Type
Gyroplane
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 915 IS · 135 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2019
Transponder code
A11379 (octal 50211571)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 17, 2020
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Primary · January 17, 2020
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01307197

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Horseshoe Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
420 E Reunion St
Fairfield, TX 75840-1631

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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

2013-04-09Leibert Edward BD-5B · Sale reported, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N169DS, 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 Horseshoe Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 17, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Primary certificate, dated January 17, 2020, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RSUK-M01839 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N169DS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Leibert Edward BD-5B (serial 29, cancelled April 9, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N169DS: Accident on October 30, 1996 at Phoenix, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX97LA028Accident on October 30, 1996 at Phoenix, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 29

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Leibert BD-5B · operated under 091

loss of engine power during the takeoff initial climb, due to an undetermined cooling system malfunction. A related factor was: soft terrain in the forced landing area.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX97LA028 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data