Single-engine piston

N242AR

2025 Vans RV-12IS

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
12191
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912 IS
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Damselfly Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Springville, UT
2025 Vans RV-12IS
Representative photo of a Vans RV-12IS. Not a photo of N242AR.
Registration record

N242AR on the FAA register

Type
2025 Vans RV-12IS
Serial
12191
Engines
Rotax 912 IS
Registered owner
Damselfly Aviation LLC
Springville, UT
Certificate issued
2025-07-31
Airworthiness date
2025-07-03
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Light sport · airplane
Mode S (hex)
A2377D
Mode S (octal)
50433575
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-31
    Certificate of registration issued as N242AR.
  • 2025-07-03
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (light sport category (airplane)).
Overview

About N242AR

N242AR is a 2025 Vans RV-12IS, serial number 12191. The FAA register lists Damselfly Aviation LLC as the registrant in Springville, Utah. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 31, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912 IS engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is light sport category (airplane), dated July 3, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N242AR. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-04-06 Accident · Avenal, CA Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX91LA167
Reported aircraft: Cessna 414A — a different aircraft that carried the N242AR registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER STRIKING A DIRT BERM DURING THE LANDING ROLL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPORT WAS ADEQUATE FOR HIS INTENDED OPERATIONS.

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.