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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026James E Davidson Jr RANS S-7S COURIER
N599YY is a James E Davidson Jr RANS S-7S COURIER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Whitehall, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 24, 2019.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- James E Davidson Jr
- Model
- RANS S-7S COURIER
- Serial number
- 0510343
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Ulpower UL350IS · 130 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Kit
- RANS DESIGNS INC S-7S
- Transponder code
- A7C113 (octal 51740423)
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 29, 2018
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 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 24, 2019
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01275374
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Davidson James e JR
- 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 691
Whitehall, MT 59759-0691
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N599YY links to the rest of the register
- James E Davidson Jr 1 aircraft on the register
- UL Power UL350IS 64 aircraft with this engine series · 130 hp
- Whitehall, MT 8 aircraft registered in this town
- Montana 6,037 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N599YY, 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 Davidson James e JR, an individual, certificate issued May 29, 2018, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 24, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0510343 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N599YY 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]
1 NTSB record under N599YY: Accident on April 22, 2024 at Benson, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: James e Davidson JR RANS S-7S COURIER · operated under 091
The pilot’s unintentional use of a winter-blend fuel that was susceptible to vaporization, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power due to vapor lock. Contributing to the accident was the airplane’s undersized fuel lines, which limited the available fuel flow and volume.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data