Franz Carl J RV-6
N215CF is a Franz Carl J RV-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anderson, Indiana. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 16, 2001. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Franz Carl J
- Model
- RV-6
- Serial number
- 24722
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2000
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6
- Transponder code
- A1CC4D (octal 50346115)
Registration
- Status
- Sale reported
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- June 24, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 16, 2001
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00493705
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sale Reported
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 282 Airport Rd
Anderson, IN 46017-9550
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 1
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The public federal record on N215CF, 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.
Registration status is "Sale reported". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 16, 2001, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24722 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N215CF according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 28, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N215CF: Accident on April 5, 2005 at Howell, MI: serious 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: Franz RV-6 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout which resulted in the aircraft departing the runway pavement and nosing over. An additional cause was the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition. Contributing factors were the gusty crosswind and the soft grass.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI05CA089 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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