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N198BS

Powrachute Llc AIRWOLF 912ULS

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesKentucky

N198BS is a Powrachute Llc AIRWOLF 912ULS, a powered parachute with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Somerset, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 9, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated August 19, 2010.

Aircraft

Maker
Powrachute Llc
Model
AIRWOLF 912ULS · all AIRWOLF 912ULSs and related versions
Serial number
A138ULS
Type
Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2010
Transponder code
A1860D (octal 50303015)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
December 9, 2014
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Operating light-sport kit-builtFAA certificate purpose code 8B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 19, 2010
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01057348

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Shannon M
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
82 High Point Dr
Somerset, KY 42501-3005

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N198BS, 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 Smith Shannon M, an individual, certificate issued December 9, 2014, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated August 19, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial A138ULS for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N198BS 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 N198BS. 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 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 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data