Nanchang China CJ-6
N4MF is a Nanchang China CJ-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Battle Creek, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 15, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition; racing, dated August 25, 1997.
Where is it now Last seen October 17 at 11:59 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Nanchang China
- Model
- CJ-6 · all CJ-6s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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
- 2951203
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1973
- Transponder code
- A4A908 (octal 51124410)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 15, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 15, 2024
- 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 · Exhibition; RacingFAA certificate purpose code 34 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 25, 1997
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00846491
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Glidden Kenneth W
- 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
- 12652 Perry Rd
Battle Creek, MI 49015-9378
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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 2
Connections how N4MF links to the rest of the register
- Nanchang China CJ-6 162 registered
- Nanchang China 175 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Battle Creek, MI 107 aircraft registered in this town
- Battle Creek Executive AT Kellogg Field · BTL
- Michigan 7,221 aircraft registered
- Where N4MF is now · Last seen October 17 at 11:59 am.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N4MF.json.
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The public federal record on N4MF, 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 Glidden Kenneth W, an individual, certificate issued April 15, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 25, 1997, 24 years after the 1973 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2951203 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4MF was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Fredette M R/Fredette S R RV-4 (serial 3805, cancelled March 20, 1996); Folsom Michael C MONI (serial 00229, cancelled November 12, 1992). 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 N4MF: Accident on May 30, 1999 at Ocean City, MD: serious injuries. 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: Nanchang CJ-6A · operated under 091
Was the pilot leaving the magneto switch in the on position while hand rotating the propeller.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data