N912VA2018 Vans Aircraft INC RV-12
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
- Vans Aircraft INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Aurora, OR
- Certificate issued
- Apr 21, 2009
- Expires
- Feb 28, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Light Sport · Airplane
- Airworthiness date
- Nov 27, 2018
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
- Vans Aircraft INC
- Model
- RV-12
- Year
- 2018
- Serial number
- 12003
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Light Sport
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AC9FF5
Engine
- Make and model
- Rotax 912 Series
- Type
- 4 Cycle
- Power
- 80 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2009 – nowVans Aircraft INCAurora, OR · current
- 2006 – 2009Vans Aircraft INCAurora, OR · different airframe: 2006 Vans Aircraft Inc Rv-12 S/N 1
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.
Accident history for this modelADs 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.
- Equipment and furnishings · g switch · no testNov 25, 2019
DURING THE ROUTINE ELT CHECK PROCEDURES THE G-SWITCH FAILED TO ACTIVATE. REPEATED G-LOAD APPLICATIONS RESULTED IN VERY INTERMITTENT ACTIVATION. MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT G-LOADS DID NOT ACTIVATE THE 121.5RF SIGNAL EVEN THOUGH AN AUDIBLE CLICK SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM INSIDE THE UNIT.
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