Nys John M RV-10A
N3146S is a Nys John M RV-10A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ponte Vedra, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 8, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 13, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Nys John M
- Model
- RV-10A
- Serial number
- 40047
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2005
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV 10A
- Transponder code
- A358E8 (octal 50654350)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 2021
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 13, 2005
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00172799
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bell Stephen Francis Trustee
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 825 Tree Side Ln
Ponte Vedra, FL 32081-0193
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N3146S, 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 Bell Stephen Francis Trustee, an individual, certificate issued January 8, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 13, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40047 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3146S according to the deregistered file. [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 N3146S: Accident on May 2, 2002 at Tuckerman, AR: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182G · operated under 091
The pilot's operation of the airplane with a known equipment deficiency, which resulted in fuel leakage and a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factors was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW02LA137 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data