Rockwell International S-2R
N4992X is a Rockwell International S-2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1975. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Ruhe Sales LLC, an LLC in Leipsic, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 17, 2014 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated August 18, 1975.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rockwell International
- Model
- S-2R · all S-2Rs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The Thrush crop sprayer: steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Rockwell International S-2 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 5037R
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Wright C7BA SERIES · 800 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A6343B (octal 51432073)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 17, 2014
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 18, 1975
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00160795
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ruhe Sales LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5450 State Route 109
Leipsic, OH 45856-9438
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4992X links to the rest of the register
- Rockwell International S-2 98 registered
- Rockwell International 657 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wright C7BA series 25 aircraft with this engine series · 800 hp
- Ruhe Sales LLC 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Leipsic, OH 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Ruhes Airport · R47
- Ohio 8,531 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Spar Cap, nicked · 2019-04-05
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The public federal record on N4992X, 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 Ruhe Sales LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 17, 2014, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated August 18, 1975, consistent with the 1975 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5037R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4992X 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 N4992X: Accident on July 9, 2010 at Deshler, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rockwell International S-2R · operated under 137
A loss of engine power 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