Single-engine piston

N12CS

2020 Vans RV-12

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2020
Serial
120968
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Gainesville, GA
2020 Vans RV-12
Representative photo of a Vans RV-12. Not a photo of N12CS.
Registration record

N12CS on the FAA register

Type
2020 Vans RV-12
Serial
120968
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Gainesville, GA
Certificate issued
2025-11-19
Airworthiness date
2020-07-21
Registration expires
2032-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A0519C
Mode S (octal)
50050634
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Market asking range
$80,675 to $111,175
Middle half of 10 live Vans RV-12 listings, 2010–2019 models (median $94,750). Asking prices, not an appraisal of N12CS.
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-11-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N12CS to the current registrant.
  • 2020-07-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2011-01-21
    N12CS previously assigned to a Grumman G-21A (s/n 1085); cancelled.
Overview

About N12CS

N12CS is a 2020 Vans RV-12, serial number 120968. It is registered to an individual in Gainesville, Georgia. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 19, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912ULS series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated July 21, 2020.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N12CS. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1970-12-03 Accident · Lakewood,Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2699
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-21A — a different aircraft that carried the N12CS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: N9232V.PLT MISUNDERSTOOD,DELAYED ONLY FOR CESSNA.
1970-01-30 Accident · Avalon,Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0137
Reported aircraft: Grumman G-21A — a different aircraft that carried the N12CS registration before this airframe.

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.