{"airworthiness_class":"Light sport","airworthiness_date":"2013-10-07","airworthiness_ops":"Airplane","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-11-13","city":"WAUKESHA","country_code":"US","county_code":"133","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"55572","engine_horsepower":100,"engine_maker":"ROTAX","engine_model":"912ULS SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-23","maker":"Vans Aircraft Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"060009Y","mode_s_code":"50434511","mode_s_hex":"A23949","model":"RV-12","n_number":"N242VA","name":"ADVENTURE AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Oshkosh","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-06-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA15CA159","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to monitor the airplane's glide path during the final approach, which resulted in a low approach path and impact with terrain.","registration":"N242VA","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on June 20, 2015 at Oshkosh, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N242VA is a Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2013. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Adventure Aviation LLC, an LLC in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 13, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated October 7, 2013.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Adventure Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 13, 2021, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Light sport certificate for airplane, dated October 7, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12017 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N242VA according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N242VA: Accident on June 20, 2015 at Oshkosh, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"12017","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"505 WYNNEWOOD CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01129610","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N242VA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2013,"zip":"531882542"}