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Rans S-12XL
N9296F is a Rans S-12XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Meridian, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 16, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated August 18, 2007.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rans
- Model
- S-12XL · all S-12XLs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminium tube and fabricAn ultralight-style airframe: bolted aluminium tubing under sailcloth or fabric, the construction of weight-shift trikes and the lightest two-seaters. An ultralight-style airframe: bolted aluminium tubing under sailcloth. This is how the Rans S-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
- 01000901
- 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 912S · 100 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ACE2C9 (octal 53161311)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 16, 2024
- 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 · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 18, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00375809
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Detwiler Michael C
- 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
- 1430 W Pine Ave
Meridian, ID 83642-1933
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9296F links to the rest of the register
- Rans S-12 31 registered
- Rans 91 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912S 335 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Meridian, ID 150 aircraft registered in this town
- Idaho 4,199 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N9296F, 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 Detwiler Michael C, an individual, certificate issued January 16, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 01000901 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9296F 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 N9296F: Accident on February 19, 2002 at Lorain, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 8, 1985 at Cleveland, OH: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269C · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269C · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data