Randall SPORTSMAN VJ22
N217AS is a Randall SPORTSMAN VJ22, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Raymond, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2012 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Randall
- Model
- SPORTSMAN VJ22
- Serial number
- 267
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 81 mph
- Transponder code
- A1D394 (octal 50351624)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 25, 2012
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 9, 1979
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00631413
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Stanley B III
- 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
- 78 Main St
Raymond, NH 03077-2349
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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
Connections how N217AS links to the rest of the register
- Randall 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-290 series 2,126 aircraft with this engine series · 140 hp
- Raymond, NH 6 aircraft registered in this town
- New Hampshire 1,564 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-290 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Report filed on this aircraft: Air Dist, smoke · 1999-06-05
- Report filed on this aircraft: Lateral Post, cracked · 1998-03-19
- Report filed on this aircraft: Lateral Post, cracked · 1998-03-19
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The public federal record on N217AS, 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 Smith Stanley B III, an individual, certificate issued July 25, 2012, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 1979, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 267 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N217AS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Embraer EMB-120RT (serial 120.011, cancelled April 8, 2010). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N217AS: Accident on April 9, 1990 at Gadsden, AL: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Embraer EMB-120 · operated under 135
INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOTS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN THEIR FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE SUN'S GLARE, WHICH RESTRICTED THE VISION OF THE CESSNA 172 PILOT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data