Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12
N3282F is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ocala, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 21, 2014 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated July 22, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Vans Aircraft Inc
- Model
- RV-12 · all RV-12s and related versions
- Serial number
- 120771
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A38EAC (octal 50707254)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 21, 2014
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Operating light-sport kit-built · July 22, 2014
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01155275
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nussbaum Joel H
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9280 SE 70Th Ter
Ocala, FL 34472-3450
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N3282F, 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 Nussbaum Joel H, an individual, certificate issued July 21, 2014, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for operating light-sport kit-built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 120771 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3282F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney M20F (serial 670375, cancelled April 30, 2008). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N3282F: Accident on June 20, 2002 at Hagerstown, MD: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to perform a go-around and obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in an overrun. A factor in the accident was the crosswind condition.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC02LA119 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
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