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A Vashon Aircraft RANGER R7, the same model family as N343VR
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N343VR

Vashon Aircraft RANGER R7

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesArizona

N343VR is a Vashon Aircraft RANGER R7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fountain Hills, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 22, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated June 2, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Vashon Aircraft
Model
RANGER R7 · all RANGER R7s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Vashon Aircraft RANGER R7 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
10195
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor O-200-D · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2022
Transponder code
A3CA5E (octal 50745136)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 22, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
May 30, 2024
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 2, 2022
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01358996

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Scott Darrell W
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
16457 e Leo Dr
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268-6513

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N343VR links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Fountain Hills, AZ 46 aircraft registered in this town
  • Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N343VR, 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 Scott Darrell W, an individual, certificate issued February 22, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated June 2, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10195 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N343VR according to the deregistered file. [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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N343VR. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data