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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Vaughan Larry S RANS S-18
N50499 is a Vaughan Larry S RANS S-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Yantis, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 10, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 16, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Vaughan Larry S
- Model
- RANS S-18
- Serial number
- 0802027
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912UL · 80 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A64C81 (octal 51446201)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 10, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 10, 2023
- 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 · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 16, 2010
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00090459
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Robbins Julia N
- 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
- 5876 W State Highway 154
Yantis, TX 75497-3204
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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 3
Connections how N50499 links to the rest of the register
- Vaughan Larry S 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912UL 134 aircraft with this engine series · 80 hp
- Yantis, TX 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N50499, 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 Robbins Julia N, an individual, certificate issued May 10, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 16, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0802027 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N50499 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Sherman Evan EXEC (serial ES002, cancelled May 4, 2001); Cessna 150J (serial 15069348, cancelled March 6, 1989); Piper J3F-60 (serial G-136, cancelled May 23, 1955). 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 N50499: Accident on January 31, 1998 at Stayton, OR: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on May 17, 1987 at Neillsville, WI: minor injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sherman EXECUTIVE · operated under 091
Main rotor strike and separation of the tail boom for undetermined reasons.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150J · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data