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N221SA

Ayers Steven D RV-6A

N221SA is an Ayers Steven D RV-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 7, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Ayers Steven D
Model
RV-6A
Serial number
23147
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A1E649 (octal 50363111)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 26, 2018
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 7, 1998
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00927231

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cox Frank D
Type
Individual
Address
6500 E Quartzite Dr
Sioux Falls, SD 57110-3937

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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

1993-12-30Sikorsky S-76 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N221SA, 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 Cox Frank D, an individual, certificate issued February 26, 2018, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 7, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 23147 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N221SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Sikorsky S-76 (serial 760177, cancelled December 30, 1993). 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 N221SA: Accident on June 11, 2003 at St. Simons Isld, GA: minor 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

ATL03CA105Accident on June 11, 2003 at St. Simons Isld, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ayers RV-6A · operated under 091

The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection that resulted in his failure to remove the seatbelt (flight control gust lock) from the right side flight control stick.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL03CA105 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