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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Arctic Aircraft Co Inc S-1B2
N55AD is an Arctic Aircraft Co Inc S-1B2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 6, 2011 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 4, 1980.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Arctic Aircraft Co Inc
- Model
- S-1B2 · all S-1B2s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. A new-production Interstate Cadet. This is how the Arctic Aircraft Co Inc S-1 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
- 1006
- 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 · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1977
- Transponder code
- A6FD16 (octal 51576426)
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 6, 2011
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 4, 1980
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00473365
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schrage Rodney L
- 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
- PO Box 770488
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-0488
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N55AD links to the rest of the register
- Arctic Aircraft Co Inc S-1 15 registered
- Arctic Aircraft Co Inc 15 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,311 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Steamboat Springs, CO 79 aircraft registered in this town
- Steamboat Springs/Bob Adams Field · SBS
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Arctic Aircraft Co Inc S-1 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Arctic Aircraft Co Inc S-1 17 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N55AD.json.
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The public federal record on N55AD, 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 Schrage Rodney L, an individual, certificate issued May 6, 2011, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 4, 1980, 3 years after the 1977 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1006 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N55AD 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]
3 NTSB records under N55AD: Accident on April 23, 2004 at Big Lake, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 26, 1990 at Beluga River, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 24, 1988 at Hartman River, AK: no 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Arctic Aircraft Corp. S-1B2 · operated under 091
The flight instructor's failure to insure that the carburetor heat was activated by the dual student following a simulated loss of engine power, which resulted in carburetor ice and the actual loss of engine power during a descent. A factor associated with the accident is carburetor icing weather conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Interstate S1B1 · operated under 091
THE PILOT SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE SOFT TERRAIN AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN OFF-AIRPORT OPERATIONS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Artic Aircraft Corp. S-1B2 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data