Eric Neil Paton RANS S-21
N88EP is an Eric Neil Paton RANS S-21, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pismo Beach, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 9, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Eric Neil Paton
- Model
- RANS S-21
- Serial number
- 12230367
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Rotax 916 IS A · 160 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2025
- Kit
- RANS DESIGNS INC S-21 OUTBOUND
- Transponder code
- AC1BEE (octal 53015756)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 16, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 9, 2025
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01502195
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Paton Eric Neil
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 202 Encanto Ave
Pismo Beach, CA 93449-1507
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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 1
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The public federal record on N88EP, 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 Paton Eric Neil, an individual, certificate issued June 16, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 9, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12230367 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N88EP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172P (serial 17276538, cancelled May 6, 2019). 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 N88EP: Accident on May 3, 2011 at Stuart, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 23, 2010 at Fort Pierce, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172P · operated under 091
The student pilot’s improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data