Single-engine piston

N8980K

2025 Vans RV-12IS

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
121442
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912IS2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Saint Petersburg, FL
Registration record

N8980K on the FAA register

Type
2025 Vans RV-12IS
Serial
121442
Engines
Rotax 912IS2
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Saint Petersburg, FL
Certificate issued
2025-07-11
Airworthiness date
2025-10-29
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
AC656E
Mode S (octal)
53062556
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).
  • 2025-10-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2025-07-11
    Certificate of registration issued as N8980K to the current registrant.
  • 2018-04-06
    N8980K previously assigned to a Stinson 108-1 (s/n 108-1980); cancelled.
Overview

About N8980K

N8980K is a 2025 Vans RV-12IS, serial number 121442. It is registered to an individual in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 11, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912IS2 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated October 29, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8980K. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1978-01-27 Accident · Ocean City,Md, 20 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 0184
Reported aircraft: Stinson 108 — a different aircraft that carried the N8980K registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: SOUTH OF OCEAN CITY,MD.

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.