Charles L Smith RV-12IS
N5415J is a Charles L Smith 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 an individual in La Marque, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 27, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 8, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Charles L Smith
- Model
- RV-12IS
- Serial number
- 121206
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Aeromoment AM15 SERIES · 117 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-12IS
- Transponder code
- A6DEB3 (octal 51557263)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 27, 2024
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- December 27, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · December 8, 2025
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01465398
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith Charles L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 735 Willow Harbor Ln
La Marque, TX 77568-1955
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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 N5415J, 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 Smith Charles L, an individual, certificate issued December 27, 2024, expires December 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 8, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 121206 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5415J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: DJI DJI S900 (serial 0370010739, cancelled August 10, 2018). 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 N5415J: Accident on July 25, 1995 at Kill Devil Hill, NC: serious injuries. Accident on August 18, 1992 at New Bern, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · operated under 091
The attempt by the pilots to perform the unfamiliar procedure of starting the airplane's engine by hand.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL95LA143 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172N · operated under 091
THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON THE LANDING ROLL. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE AND THE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AT THE AIRPORT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL92LA161 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