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N242SA

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS

Valid Ohio

N242SA 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 an individual in Cincinnati, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 25, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated February 3, 2023.

Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12IS · all RV-12ISs and related versions
Serial number
121202
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2021
Transponder code
A238FE (octal 50434376)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 25, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Operating light-sport kit-built · February 3, 2023
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01358550

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brinkmann Adam C
Type
Individual
Address
1181 Greenery Ln
Cincinnati, OH 45233-4893

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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

2015-05-20Cessna TU206G · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N242SA, 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 Brinkmann Adam C, an individual, certificate issued January 25, 2022, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated February 3, 2023, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 121202 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N242SA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna TU206G (serial U20604309, cancelled May 20, 2015). 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 N242SA: Accident on August 29, 2011 at Sioux Lookout: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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

CEN11WA603Accident on August 29, 2011 at Sioux Lookout: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: U20604309

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna TU206G · operated under NUSN

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11WA603 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