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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Happy Valley Trikes 2P
N4312Q is a Happy Valley Trikes 2P, a weight-shift aircraft with a two-stroke engine, built in 2006. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ringgold, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated November 11, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Happy Valley Trikes
- Model
- 2P
- Serial number
- HVT019
- Type
- Weight-shift controlFAA type of aircraft code 7 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 503 SERIES · 52 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A52982 (octal 51224602)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2025
- Expires
- August 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- August 26, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 11, 2006
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00294799
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sims Dustin B
- 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
- 18 Lindsey Dr
Ringgold, GA 30736-5965
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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
Connections how N4312Q links to the rest of the register
- Happy Valley Trikes 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 503 series 449 aircraft with this engine series · 52 hp
- Ringgold, GA 20 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N4312Q, 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 Sims Dustin B, an individual, certificate issued August 26, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated November 11, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial HVT019 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4312Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172L (serial 17260212, cancelled January 14, 2002). 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 N4312Q: Accident on September 16, 2001 at Tucson, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172L · operated under 091
the pilot's controlled descent into a residence for undetermined reasons.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data