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N73KA

Kathy M Anderson RANS S-21

Valid Florida

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.

Aircraft

Maker
Kathy M Anderson
Model
RANS S-21
Serial number
+8200127
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Viking 150 · 150 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2021
Kit
RANS DESIGNS INC S-21 OUTBOUND
Transponder code
A9C994 (octal 52344624)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 7, 2021
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 17, 2022
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01334821

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Anderson Kathy M
Type
Individual
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

2021-04-10Anderson Kathy RANS S12XL · Valid registration
1991-04-09Beech 100 · exported to Venezuela · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Anderson Kathy M, an individual, certificate issued July 7, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 17, 2022, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial +8200127 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

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]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

ERA20LA079Accident on January 16, 2020 at Titusville, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 10980858

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

CHI87LA210Accident on September 8, 1987 at Batesville, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: B73

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 100 · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data