Single-engine piston

N161RS

2016 Homebuilt Super Sport

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2016
Serial
KA10183170
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming YO-233
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee (Corporation)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N161RS on the FAA register

Type
2016 Homebuilt Super Sport
Serial
KA10183170
Engines
Lycoming YO-233
Registered owner
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2023-12-13
Airworthiness date
2016-09-08
Registration expires
2030-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A0F6ED
Mode S (octal)
50173355
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Kitfox Aircraft Llc KITFOX SUPER SPORT
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-12-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N161RS to the current registrant.
  • 2016-09-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1997-02-18
    N161RS previously assigned to a Swearingen SA226-T Merlin IIIB (s/n T341); cancelled.
Overview

About N161RS

N161RS is a 2016 Homebuilt Super Sport, serial number KA10183170. The FAA register lists Wilmington Trust Co Trustee as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 13, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming YO-233 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated September 8, 2016.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N161RS. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-01-16 Accident · John Day, OR Damage: Substantial NTSB · SEA93LA053
Reported aircraft: Swearingen SA-226T(B) — a different aircraft that carried the N161RS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. FACTORS INCLUDE A SNOW COVERED RUNWAY.
1990-05-20 Accident · Coeur D'Alene, ID Damage: Minor Fatal injury NTSB · SEA90FA080
Reported aircraft: Swearingen SA226-T(B) — a different aircraft that carried the N161RS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: INADEQUATE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE GROUND LINEMAN. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: IMPAIRMENT OF THE GROUND LINEMAN FROM CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL.

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.