Buchmann Oscar A VANS RV-6A
N181A is a Buchmann Oscar A VANS RV-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 4, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Buchmann Oscar A
- Model
- VANS RV-6A
- Serial number
- 60280
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6A
- Transponder code
- A14463 (octal 50242143)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 4, 2003
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00071539
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hightower Andrew
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1185 Randolph Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55105-2937
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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
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The public federal record on N181A, 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 Hightower Andrew, an individual, certificate issued August 14, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 4, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 60280 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N181A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 310C (serial 35887, cancelled May 20, 1971). 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]
1 NTSB record under N181A: Accident on August 17, 2004 at Philadelphia, PA: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Buchmann RV-6A · operated under 091
The inadequate visual lookout by the pilot of RV-6A and his failure to maintain clearance while taxiing, which resulted in an on-ground collision with the Piper.
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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data