# N18HS: 2024 Vans RV-12IS

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Vans RV-12IS](https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12is) (registry code 069002L, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Rotax 912IS2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912is2) (registry code 55590)
- Serial number: 121381
- Year built: 2024
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, operating light-sport kit-built
- Airworthiness date: June 14, 2024
- Certificate issued: February 14, 2024
- Expires: February 28, 2031
- Mode S code: A13F13
- Registered owner: [Kettle Moraine Youth Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KETTLE%20MORAINE%20YOUTH%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [West Bend, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/West%20Bend)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 43.3895° N, 88.1530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 53095, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=18HS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18HS

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Vans RV-12IS)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Rotax 912IS2)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA345), Aug 26, 2025: Vans RV-12IS (N18HS), Hartford, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while landing on a turf runway.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20250826019429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250826019429A), Aug 26, 2025: Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS (N18HS), Hartford, WI, Substantial damage. On Tuesday morning, August 25, 2025, at 6:00 am, the pilot arrived at the airport at 7:00 am and completed a pre-flight walkaround of the aircraft. After…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N18HS

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N18HS before.

- [Cancelled 2018-01-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18HS-2018-01-11): Shaffer THORP T-18, S/N 486, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Shaffer Harold R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHAFFER%20HAROLD%20R), [The Sea Ranch, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/The%20Sea%20Ranch)

## Related

- Other Vans RV-12IS aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/vans-rv-12is/aircraft.md
- The Rotax 912IS2 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912is2.md

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