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A Van's Aircraft RV-12, the same model family as N805SW
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N805SW

Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlabama
Records check, free: 3 to understand, 2 clearWhere is it now

N805SW is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, 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 New Brockton, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating light-sport kit-built, dated November 17, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Vans Aircraft Inc
Model
RV-12 · all RV-12s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. A kit, built by its owner or by the factory as a light sport aircraft. This is how the Van's Aircraft RV-12 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
120727
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 · Rotax 912UL SERIES · 80 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2019
Transponder code
AAF615 (octal 52573025)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 30, 2019
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 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 · Operating light-sport kit-builtFAA certificate purpose code 8B (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 17, 2022
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01303522

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sweasy Anthony T
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
203 Front Porch Way
New Brockton, AL 36351-4508

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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

2006-02-02Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
—Piper PA-31T · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Connections how N805SW links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • New Brockton, AL 6 aircraft registered in this town
  • Alabama 4,325 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N805SW, 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 Sweasy Anthony T, an individual, certificate issued August 30, 2019, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 17, 2022, 3 years after the 2019 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 120727 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N805SW was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30 (serial SH3055, cancelled February 2, 2006); Piper PA-31T (serial 31T8020037, cancelled date not given). 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

1 NTSB record under N805SW: Accident on April 9, 2003 at Du Bois, PA: 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 1

NYC03LA081Accident on April 9, 2003 at Du Bois, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 3055

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Short Brothers SD3-30 · operated under 135

The captain's failure to maintain the proper glidepath during the instrument approach, and his failure to perform a go-around. Factors were a low ceiling and reduced visibility due to mist.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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