Newkirk Thomas Ray VANS RV-6A
N164N is a Newkirk Thomas Ray VANS RV-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Garland, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2002 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 27, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Newkirk Thomas Ray
- Model
- VANS RV-6A
- Serial number
- 25564
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6A
- Transponder code
- A101B6 (octal 50200666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 21, 2002
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 27, 2002
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00524107
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Newkirk Thomas R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1928 Lamb Rd
Garland, NC 28441-9793
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N164N, 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.
Valid registration to Newkirk Thomas R, an individual, certificate issued February 21, 2002, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 27, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25564 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N164N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech G35 (serial D4602, cancelled September 25, 1991). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
2 NTSB records under N164N: Accident on October 12, 2016 at Garland, NC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 6, 1991 at Pacoima, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Newkirk Thomas Ray VANS RV 6 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing on the grass runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech G35 · operated under 091
IMPROPER POSITIONING OF THE FUEL SELECTOR BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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