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A Van's Aircraft RV-12, the same model family as N17ER
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N17ER

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N17ER is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Vans Aircraft INC, a corporation in Aurora, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 18, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated February 23, 2021.

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Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12IS · all RV-12ISs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. A kit, built by its owner or by the factory as a light sport aircraft. This is how the Van's Aircraft RV-12 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
12097
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 912 IS · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2021
Transponder code
A11748 (octal 50213510)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 18, 2021
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 23, 2021
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01328896

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vans Aircraft INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
14401 Keil Rd NE
Aurora, OR 97008

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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

2012-07-24Pitts S-1 · Sale reported, canceled

Connections how N17ER links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rotax 912 IS 876 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
Owner
Place

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N17ER.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N17ER, 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 Vans Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 18, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated February 23, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12097 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N17ER was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Pitts S-1 (serial 347-H, cancelled July 24, 2012). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N17ER. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data