Single-engine piston

N12045

2019 Homebuilt Vans Acft INC RV-6A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2019
Serial
21256
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320-D2J
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Woodway, TX
Registration record

N12045 on the FAA register

Type
2019 Homebuilt Vans Acft INC RV-6A
Serial
21256
Engines
Lycoming O-320-D2J
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Woodway, TX
Certificate issued
2021-07-31
Airworthiness date
2019-09-06
Registration expires
2028-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A056B4
Mode S (octal)
50053264
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Vans Aircraft Inc RV-6A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-07-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N12045 to the current registrant.
  • 2019-09-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1971-03-24
    N12045 previously assigned to a Homebuilt #1 (s/n 1); cancelled.
  • 1938-06-15
    N12045 previously assigned to a Homebuilt Jacobson Heath 1931 (s/n 101); cancelled.
Overview

About N12045

N12045 is a 2019 Homebuilt Vans Acft INC RV-6A, serial number 21256. It is registered to an individual in Woodway, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 31, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320-D2J engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 6, 2019.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N12045. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1970-06-20 Accident · Imlay City,Mich, 22 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2631
Reported aircraft: Tailwind Cougar — a different aircraft that carried the N12045 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: EQD.LINE BROKE,OIL SPRAYED WNDSHIELD,SMOKE IN ACFT
1968-07-03 Accident · Ypsilanti,Mich, 22 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1746
Reported aircraft: Tailwind Cougar — a different aircraft that carried the N12045 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: T OF SOCKET- FIRST FLT OF ACFT.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.