# N912BC: 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: 121606
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, showing compliance
- Airworthiness date: July 10, 2026
- Certificate issued: January 20, 2026
- Expires: January 31, 2033
- Mode S code: AC9E35
- Registered owner: [Chesteen Robert B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHESTEEN%20ROBERT%20B)
- Location: [Newport, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Newport)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.9751° N, 83.1955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 37821, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=912BC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N912BC

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 N912BC.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N912BC.

## 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 N912BC

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N912BC before.

- [Cancelled 2014-12-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912BC-2014-12-18): Evans William D MAXAIR DRIFTER XP503, S/N DR 0243, built 1986. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Evans William D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EVANS%20WILLIAM%20D), [Clarkston, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Clarkston)

## 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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