Rockwell International S-2R
N8421V is a Rockwell International S-2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Souther Field Aviation INC, a corporation in Americus, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated January 30, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rockwell International
- Model
- S-2R · all S-2Rs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The Thrush crop sprayer: steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Rockwell International S-2 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
- 2181R
- 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
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- AB89D6 (octal 52704726)
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 25, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 25, 2026
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 30, 1976
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00163081
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Souther Field Aviation INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 223 Frankie Williams Rd
Americus, GA 31709-8127
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8421V links to the rest of the register
- Rockwell International S-2 98 registered
- Rockwell International 657 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Souther Field Aviation INC 17 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Americus, GA 32 aircraft registered in this town
- Jimmy Carter Regional · ACJ
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8421V, 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 Souther Field Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 25, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2181R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8421V 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]
2 NTSB records under N8421V: Accident on May 23, 2012 at Howard, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 15, 1990 at Tilton, AR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rockwell International S-2R · operated under 091
A fractured fabricated aluminum oil line, which resulted in oil exhaustion followed by a forced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rockwell S2R · operated under 137
FAILURE OF THE ENGINE BLOWER(SUPERCHARGER). RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT/WET TERRAIN, WHERE THE FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data