Single-engine piston

N88EP

2025 Homebuilt Rans S-21

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
12230367
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 916 IS A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Pismo Beach, CA
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Registration record

N88EP on the FAA register

Type
2025 Homebuilt Rans S-21
Serial
12230367
Engines
Rotax 916 IS A
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Pismo Beach, CA
Certificate issued
2025-06-16
Airworthiness date
2025-07-09
Registration expires
2032-06-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AC1BEE
Mode S (octal)
53015756
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Rans Designs Inc S-21 OUTBOUND
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2025-06-16
    Certificate of registration issued as N88EP to the current registrant.
  • 2019-05-06
    N88EP previously assigned to a Cessna 172P Skyhawk (s/n 17276538); cancelled.
Overview

About N88EP

N88EP is a 2025 Homebuilt Rans S-21, serial number 12230367. It is registered to an individual in Pismo Beach, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 16, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 916 IS A engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated July 9, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N88EP. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2011-05-03 Accident · Stuart, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA11CA284
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172P — a different aircraft that carried the N88EP registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
2010-02-23 Accident · Fort Pierce, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA10CA213
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172P — a different aircraft that carried the N88EP registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The student pilot s improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

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.