Single-engine piston

N42FS

2025 Vans RV-12IS

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
12190
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912 IS
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Fly America Inc (Corporation)
Based
Palo Alto, CA
2025 Vans RV-12IS
Representative photo of a Vans RV-12IS. Not a photo of N42FS.
Registration record

N42FS on the FAA register

Type
2025 Vans RV-12IS
Serial
12190
Engines
Rotax 912 IS
Registered owner
Fly America Inc
Palo Alto, CA
Certificate issued
2025-07-28
Airworthiness date
2025-06-25
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Light sport · airplane
Mode S (hex)
A4F9D4
Mode S (octal)
51174724
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).
  • 2025-07-28
    Certificate of registration issued as N42FS to the current registrant.
  • 2025-06-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (light sport category (airplane)).
  • 2018-03-22
    N42FS previously assigned to a Homebuilt Fieseler FI-156C (s/n 724); cancelled.
Overview

About N42FS

N42FS is a 2025 Vans RV-12IS, serial number 12190. The FAA register lists Fly America Inc as the registrant in Palo Alto, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 28, 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 June 25, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N42FS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N42FS.

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.