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N1257E

Dearmond Clint RV-6A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWisconsin

N1257E is a Dearmond Clint RV-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Reedsville, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2004 and expires on April 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Dearmond Clint
Model
RV-6A
Serial number
60369
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6A
Transponder code
A06997 (octal 50064627)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
Certificate issued
April 1, 2004
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00335902

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wunsch Donald L
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
Address
21419 Poplar Grove Rd
Reedsville, WI 54230-9229

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1990-01-23Beech A36 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1955-04-29Aeronca 7AC · Valid registration

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N1257E, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Wunsch Donald L, an individual, certificate issued April 1, 2004, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 60369 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1257E was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech A36 (serial E623, cancelled January 23, 1990); Aeronca 7AC (serial 7AC-4815, cancelled April 29, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N1257E: Accident on May 16, 2010 at Sheboygan, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 26, 1987 at Mitchell, SD: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

CEN10LA253Accident on May 16, 2010 at Sheboygan, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dearmond Clint RV-6A · operated under 091

The loss of engine power due to a fuse failure in the ignition system.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

DEN88FA016Accident on October 26, 1987 at Mitchell, SD: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).serial on NTSB record: E-623

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A-36 · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data