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N21SA

Malecha A C VANS RV-7A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N21SA is a Malecha A C VANS RV-7A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Walnut Creek, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 14, 2016 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 24, 2010.

Where is it now Last seen October 11 at 6:13 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Malecha A C
Model
VANS RV-7A
Serial number
70739
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 · Mattituck TMX 360 · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2010
Transponder code
A1B8BA (octal 50334272)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 14, 2016
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 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 · March 24, 2010
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00267139

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Achelis Scott
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
257 Castle Hill Ranch Rd
Walnut Creek, CA 94595-2738

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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 2

2010-11-04Eurocopter AS 350 B3 · exported to Guatemala · Valid registration
2008-01-17Hawker Siddeley HS 125 600B · Sale reported

Connections how N21SA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Walnut Creek, CA 96 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,897 aircraft registered
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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N21SA, 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 Achelis Scott, an individual, certificate issued March 14, 2016, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 24, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 70739 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N21SA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Eurocopter AS 350 B3 (serial 4881, cancelled November 4, 2010); Hawker Siddeley HS 125 600B (serial 256006, cancelled January 17, 2008). 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 N21SA: Accident on February 21, 2005 at Quebec: 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

CHI05WA061Accident on February 21, 2005 at Quebec: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hawker Siddely HS 125 600B · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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