# Koester Dan RANS S-12S

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056078B
- Manufacturer (registry): KOESTER DAN
- Model: RANS S-12S
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/koester-dan-rans-s-12s

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft (1)

- [N462DK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N462DK): [Rabinowitz Michael](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RABINOWITZ%20MICHAEL), [Woodland Hills, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Woodland%20Hills), built 2000, S/N 10990890

## NTSB investigations

None matched to aircraft with this model.

## 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.

- [Incident 20170522006789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170522006789I), May 22, 2017: Koester Dan RANS S-12S (N462DK), Klamath Falls, OR, No damage. Pilot planned a trip from S40 to kfat, flying through central Oregon, over bend, to Klamath Falls, across the southern shoulder of Mt. Shasta, and then down…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Schuler Ken E RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/schuler-ken-e-rans-s-12s): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610N0
- [Rans Employee Flying Club RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/rans-employee-flying-club-rans-s-12s): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610YC
- [Bagley Curtis Lynn RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/bagley-curtis-lynn-rans-s-12s): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056154W
- [Ferris Derek P RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/ferris-derek-p-rans-s-12s): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05615ZA
- [Fercking Ronald R RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/fercking-ronald-r-rans-s-12s): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056406O
- [Strammer Fred RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/strammer-fred-rans-s-12s): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056151U
- [Hansen Allan L RANS S12 S](https://openairdocs.org/model/hansen-allan-l-rans-s12-s): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615S4
- [Wimberly Jim RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/wimberly-jim-rans-s-12s): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05617ES
- [Cazier Larry M RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cazier-larry-m-rans-s-12s): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05617PT
- [Simpson Stephen R RANS S-12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/simpson-stephen-r-rans-s-12s): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05621LI
- [Smith Michael J RANS S12S](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-michael-j-rans-s12s): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056248P

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