Smith Richard D FW2TR (XLS)
N418DS is a Smith Richard D FW2TR (XLS), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Carpinteria, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 28, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Smith Richard D
- Model
- FW2TR (XLS)
- Serial number
- DS4
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1999
- Kit
- CAPELLA AIRCRAFT CORP FW2TR (XLS)
- Transponder code
- A4F234 (octal 51171064)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 29, 2020
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 28, 1999
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00183707
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Crooks James R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 7110 Gobernador Canyon Rd
Carpinteria, CA 93013-3127
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N418DS, 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 Crooks James R, an individual, certificate issued April 29, 2020, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 28, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial DS4 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N418DS 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 N418DS: Accident on June 3, 2016 at Alamo, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Smith Capella FW2R · operated under 091
The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted in a forced landing and a collision with a tree.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN16LA207 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