# N171CT: Rans S-6S, registration cancelled 2021-09-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 4, 2021
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Rans S-6S](https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-6s) (registry code 05902CS)
- Engine: [Rotax 912S series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (registry code 55570)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E00051EN](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E00051EN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 11021467
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, registered before 01/31/08
- Airworthiness date: September 1, 2007
- Certificate issued: May 3, 2018
- Last registry action: May 3, 2018
- Mode S code: A11D28
- Owner when cancelled: [Lee Gary J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LEE%20GARY%20J)
- Location: [Rigby, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Rigby)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.6287° N, 111.8340° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 83442, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N171CT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=171CT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N171CT-2021-09-04

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Rans S-6S: https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-s-6s.md

## 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 WPR14CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA352), Aug 22, 2014: Rans S 6S (N171CT), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff in gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to intervene and apply corrective flight…

## 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 20140822015979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140822015979A), Aug 22, 2014: Rans Aircraft S-6S (N171CT), Rigsby, ID, Substantial damage. Student[privacy data omitted] of aircraft was receiving flight instruction. Student pilot certificate was expired and CFI was the PIC. Initiated touch & gos on…

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