Single-engine piston

N12WP

Christen Industries A-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
1013
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Spradlin Flying Service Inc (Corporation)
Based
Petersburg, TX
Registration record

N12WP on the FAA register

Type
Christen Industries A-1
Serial
1013
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Spradlin Flying Service Inc
Petersburg, TX
Certificate issued
2020-12-03
Airworthiness date
1987-07-23
Registration expires
2027-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A0535B
Mode S (octal)
50051533
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-12-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N12WP to the current registrant.
  • 2013-08-05
    N12WP previously assigned to a Homebuilt Vari-Eze (s/n 926); cancelled.
  • 1987-07-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N12WP

N12WP is a Christen Industries A-1, serial number 1013. The FAA register lists Spradlin Flying Service Inc as the registrant in Petersburg, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 3, 2020 and expires on December 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 23, 1987.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N12WP. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-01-08 Accident · Lamar, MS Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · MIA92LA057
Reported aircraft: Walter R. Penney Vari-Eze — a different aircraft that carried the N12WP registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMANDS DEPARTURE INTO AND CONTINUED FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHILE OPERATING UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES RESULTING IN AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES AND THEN THE GROUND.

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.