N8251B1994 Smith David B RANS S7 COURIER
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Cotter, AR
- Certificate issued
- Jul 23, 2004
- Expires
- Nov 30, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 30, 2026
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Smith David B
- Model
- RANS S7 COURIER
- Year
- 1994
- Serial number
- 1194142
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AB45EB
Engine
- Make and model
- Bombardier Rotax (All)
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2004 – nowIndividual ownerCotter, AR · current
- 1983 – 1991Co-ownersBurbank, CA · different airframe: Piper Pa-28-161 S/N 288216182
- 1980Globe Aero Unlimited INCLakeland, FL · different airframe: Piper Pa-28rt-201 S/N 28r-8018101
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- 1960Gaubart Aviation INCChicago, IL · different airframe: Cessna 172 S/N 36051
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuel · vent · pluggedSep 16, 1997
ON APPROACH, THE ENGINE QUIT CAUSING THE PILOT TO LAND SHORT OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE LT MLG, PROPELLER, AND RT WING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE RT TANK WAS NEARLY FULL. THE CARBURETOR BOWLS WERE EMPTY. BY BACK-BLOWING FROM THE FUEL PUMP LINE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026