Single-engine piston

N1490

Quicksilver Manufacturing Sport 2S

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

0157

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Rotax 582SER

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Quebradillas, PR

What's N1490 worth? Track flights

Registration record

N1490 on the FAA register

Type

Quicksilver Manufacturing Sport 2S

Serial

0157

Engines

Rotax 582SER

Registered owner

Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Quebradillas, PR RQ

Certificate issued

2021-02-12

Airworthiness date

2007-11-25

Registration expires

2028-02-29

Airworthiness class

Experimental · light-sport

Mode S (hex)

A0C677

Mode S (octal)

50143167

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2028-02-29
Registration expires (renewal due).
2021-02-12
Certificate of registration issued as N1490 to the current registrant.
2007-11-25
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
2002-01-07
N1490 previously assigned to a Homebuilt Glasair SH2F (s/n 610); cancelled.
1973-08-22
N1490 previously assigned to a Homebuilt Bowers Fly Baby (s/n 1352); cancelled.
1936-04-01
N1490 previously assigned to a Homebuilt M-2 (s/n 5); cancelled.

Overview

About N1490

N1490 is a Quicksilver Manufacturing Sport 2S, serial number 0157. It is registered to an individual in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 12, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 582SER engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated November 25, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1490. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2001-05-16 Accident · Green Bay, WI Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · CHI01LA138

Reported aircraft: Brault Glasair SH2F — a different aircraft that carried the N1490 registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: The pilot allowed the airspeed to get too low and inadvertently stalled the airplane.

1991-04-11 Accident · Green Bay, WI Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · CHI91DEP04

Reported aircraft: Brault Glasair SH2F — a different aircraft that carried the N1490 registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNPORTING OF THE FUEL PICK UP LINE IN FUEL TANK DURING ABRUPT OR NEGATIVE 'G' MANEUVERS.

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

Same model

More Quicksilver Manufacturing Sport 2S aircraft

N396DF

2004 Quicksilver Manufacturing Sport 2S

All 2 Quicksilver Manufacturing Sport 2S registrations →

Same state

Other aircraft registered in Puerto Rico

N143JC

2008 Homebuilt Challenger II

N1479U

1976 Cessna 172M Skyhawk

N147PJ

1972 Piper Cherokee 6/300

1975 Bell 206B III Turbine Helicopters

All 492 aircraft registered in Puerto Rico →

Browse: Aircraft registered in Puerto Rico· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.