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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 9, 2026Kathy M Anderson RANS S-21
N73KA is a Kathy M Anderson RANS S-21, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Merritt Island, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 7, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 17, 2022.
Where is it now Last seen Friday at 4:15 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Kathy M Anderson
- Model
- RANS S-21
- Serial number
- +8200127
- 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 · Viking 150 · 150 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2021
- Kit
- RANS DESIGNS INC S-21 OUTBOUND
- Transponder code
- A9C994 (octal 52344624)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 7, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 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 · March 17, 2022
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01334821
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Anderson Kathy M
- 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
- 940 Meadow Lark Ln
Merritt Island, FL 32953-7853
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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 2
Connections how N73KA links to the rest of the register
- Kathy M Anderson 1 aircraft on the register
- Viking Aircraft Engines 150 5 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Merritt Island, FL 211 aircraft registered in this town
- Merritt Island Airport · COI
- Florida 21,699 aircraft registered
- Where N73KA is now · Last seen Friday at 4:15 pm.
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The public federal record on N73KA, 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 Anderson Kathy M, an individual, certificate issued July 7, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 17, 2022, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial +8200127 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N73KA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Anderson Kathy RANS S12XL (serial 10980858, cancelled April 10, 2021); Beech 100 (serial B73, cancelled April 9, 1991). 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 N73KA: Accident on January 16, 2020 at Titusville, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 1987 at Batesville, IN: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rans S12 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 100 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data