N262WS is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12 built in 2011. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 29, 2020. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12 cancelled May 29, 2020
- Serial number
- 120262
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2011
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- February 10, 2017
- Last FAA action
- February 23, 2018
- Last owner
- World Adventure Series INC (Corporation)
Fort Myers, FL - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Operating light-sport kit-built
NTSB accident and incident record under N262WS
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans Aircraft INC RV-12 · serial 120262
The pilot's unsafe maneuvering and exceedance of the airplane's operating limitations, which resulted in an in-flight failure of the left wing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's underlying physiologic or psychiatric disease.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site