Rufli Theodore J RUFLI
N6191R is a Rufli Theodore J RUFLI, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in North Pole, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 13, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Rufli Theodore J
- Model
- RUFLI
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Mazda 13B · 146 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A812B8 (octal 52011270)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 16, 2022
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 13, 1994
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00114232
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Merriman Joel W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 56291
North Pole, AK 99705-1291
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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 · 2 clear
The public federal record on N6191R, 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 Merriman Joel W, an individual, certificate issued July 16, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6191R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210F (serial T2100091, cancelled August 16, 1989). 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 N6191R: Accident on June 24, 2004 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 21, 1988 at Rogers, AR: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rufli · operated under 091
The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in a forced landing and an on ground collision with a parked and unoccupied airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC04LA067 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210F · operated under 091
CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER BECOMING DISORIENTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT, LOW CEILINGS, FOG, DRIZZLE, OBSCURATION, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO DIVERT TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC89FA007 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