Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS
N46TB is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Fly Barely LLC, an LLC in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 17, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated December 12, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Vans Aircraft Inc
- Model
- RV-12IS · all RV-12ISs and related versions
- Serial number
- 12205
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Transponder code
- A598ED (octal 51314355)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 17, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 17, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Airplane · December 12, 2025
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01523921
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fly Barely LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 827 Memorial Dr
Manitowoc, WI 54220-2238
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N46TB, 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 Fly Barely LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 17, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated December 12, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12205 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N46TB was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA (serial 068, cancelled March 10, 2023); Piper PA-31-310 (serial 31-67, cancelled September 24, 2015). 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]
2 NTSB records under N46TB: Accident on February 24, 2026 at Appleton, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 17, 2011 at Perryton, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vans Aircraft INC RV-12IS · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed during landing and exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with the runway. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN26LA125 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-310 · operated under 091
The explosion and subsequent fire in the airplane for undetermined reasons because an examination of the burned airplane could not identify any preaccident anomolies.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11LA574 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data