# N8980K: 2025 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: 121442
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, operating light-sport kit-built
- Airworthiness date: October 29, 2025
- Certificate issued: July 11, 2025
- Expires: July 31, 2032
- Mode S code: AC656E
- Registered owner: [Kruse James H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KRUSE%20JAMES%20H)
- Location: [Saint Petersburg, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Saint%20Petersburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 27.7353° N, 82.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33712, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8980K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8980K

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

None matched to N8980K.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N8980K.

## 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 N8980K

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N8980K before.

- [Cancelled 2018-04-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8980K-2018-04-06): Stinson 108-1, S/N 108-1980, built 1947. Revoked, canceled. Owner: [Pierson Robert H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PIERSON%20ROBERT%20H), [Lake Worth, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Lake%20Worth)

## 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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