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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Duffy 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.
Where is it now Last seen October 13 at 4:42 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Duffy Russell A
- Model
- RUCKUS
- Serial number
- TR018-7-25
- 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 912ULS · 100 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2026
- Kit
- TOP RUDDER AIRCRAFT LLC RUCKUS FX
- Transponder code
- A7260C (octal 51623014)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 24, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2026
- 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 · July 16, 2026
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01528325
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Duffy Russell A
- 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
- 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
Connections how N56RD links to the rest of the register
- Duffy Russell A 6 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 912ULS 62 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Tellico Plains, TN 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Tennessee 6,535 aircraft registered
- Where N56RD is now · Last seen October 13 at 4:42 pm.
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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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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
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.
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