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A Nanchang China CJ-6, the same model family as N443LM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026
N443LM

Nanchang China CJ-6

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

N443LM is a Nanchang China CJ-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 12, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated July 6, 2017.

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Aircraft

Maker
Nanchang China
Model
CJ-6 · all CJ-6s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Nanchang China CJ-6 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
3151214
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Housai HS6A · 285 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1979
Transponder code
A556C8 (octal 51253310)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 12, 2016
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 6, 2017
FAA region
—
FAA record id
00055640

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address

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 1

1977-10-20Aero Commander 680-F · exported to Chile · Valid registration

Connections how N443LM links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Housai HS6A 18 aircraft with this engine series · 285 hp

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N443LM.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N443LM, 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 an owner whose details are withheld, an individual, certificate issued August 12, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 6, 2017, 38 years after the 1979 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3151214 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N443LM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aero Commander 680-F (serial 680F97532, cancelled October 20, 1977). 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

1 NTSB record under N443LM: Accident on May 25, 2023 at Windsor, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 1

CEN23LA203Accident on May 25, 2023 at Windsor, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Nanchang CJ6 · operated under 091

An inflight collision with a bird while on initial climb.

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 November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data