Single-engine piston

N50499

2010 Homebuilt Rans S-18

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2010
Serial
0802027
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912UL
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Yantis, TX
Registration record

N50499 on the FAA register

Type
2010 Homebuilt Rans S-18
Serial
0802027
Engines
Rotax 912UL
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Yantis, TX
Certificate issued
2023-05-10
Airworthiness date
2010-04-16
Registration expires
2030-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A64C81
Mode S (octal)
51446201
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-05-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N50499 to the current registrant.
  • 2010-04-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2001-05-04
    N50499 previously assigned to a Homebuilt Exec (s/n ES002); cancelled.
  • 1989-03-06
    N50499 previously assigned to a Cessna 150J (s/n 15069348); cancelled.
  • 1955-05-23
    N50499 previously assigned to a Piper J3F-60 (s/n G-136); cancelled.
Overview

About N50499

N50499 is a 2010 Homebuilt Rans S-18, serial number 0802027. It is registered to an individual in Yantis, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 10, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912UL engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated April 16, 2010.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N50499. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1998-01-31 Accident · Stayton, OR Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA98LA033
Reported aircraft: Sherman Executive — a different aircraft that carried the N50499 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: Main rotor strike and separation of the tail boom for undetermined reasons.
1987-05-17 Accident · Neillsville, WI Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · CHI87LA131
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150J — a different aircraft that carried the N50499 registration before this airframe.

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.