Duffy Russell A RUCKUS
N56RD is a Duffy Russell A RUCKUS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2026. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tellico Plains, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 24, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 16, 2026.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Duffy Russell A
- Model
- RUCKUS
- Serial number
- TR018-7-25
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2026
- Kit
- TOP RUDDER AIRCRAFT LLC RUCKUS FX
- Transponder code
- A7260C (octal 51623014)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 24, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 16, 2026
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 01528325
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Duffy Russell A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 288 Payne Loop
Tellico Plains, TN 37385-5257
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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
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The public federal record on N56RD, 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 Duffy Russell A, an individual, certificate issued March 24, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 16, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TR018-7-25 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N56RD was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Sikorsky S-76B (serial 760368, cancelled March 14, 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]
1 NTSB record under N56RD: Accident on April 17, 2012 at Gulf Of Mexico, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Sikorsky S-76B · operated under 091
The intermittent loss of engine power due to a "stuck" stepper motor in the No. 2 engine's fuel control as a result of an inadequate overhaul. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to continue flying the helicopter with a known defect, his decision to depart with the helicopter over its maximum gross weight, and his decision to fly the approach to the oil platform at a high gross weight in a direction that provided limited go-around potential.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12FA250 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