William M Hicks RANS S7S
N426BB is a William M Hicks RANS S7S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2014. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cypress, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 15, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 13, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- William M Hicks
- Model
- RANS S7S
- Serial number
- 1211570
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2014
- Kit
- RANS DESIGNS INC S-7S
- Transponder code
- A51204 (octal 51211004)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 15, 2014
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 13, 2014
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01161676
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hicks William M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 14325 Dry Creek Dr
Cypress, TX 77429-6385
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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 · 3 clear
The public federal record on N426BB, 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 Hicks William M, an individual, certificate issued October 15, 2014, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 13, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1211570 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N426BB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bishop Charles W RV6A (serial 23405, cancelled January 23, 2007). 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 N426BB: Accident on April 22, 2005 at Dulzura, CA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bishop RV6A · operated under 091
The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with rising mountainous terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX05LA144 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