Richard Spatz RV-14A
N412RS is a Richard Spatz RV-14A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rockville, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 9, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 29, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Richard Spatz
- Model
- RV-14A
- Serial number
- 140253
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming YIO-390 SER · 210 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-14A
- Transponder code
- A4DD16 (octal 51156426)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 9, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 29, 2019
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01292904
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Spatz Richard
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1010 Havencrest St
Rockville, MD 20850-6090
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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 2
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The public federal record on N412RS, 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 Spatz Richard, an individual, certificate issued April 9, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 29, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 140253 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N412RS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Spatz Richard C ROTORWAY EXEC 162F (serial 7054, cancelled July 25, 2017); Bell 412 RSAF (serial 33501, cancelled July 23, 2004). 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 N412RS: Accident on April 13, 2023 at Fallston, MD: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Richard Spatz RV-14A · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to discontinue an unstabilized approach, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23LA195 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