Thomsen Richard N AVID FLYER MK IV
N6240T is a Thomsen Richard N AVID FLYER MK IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1993. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Chuk James, a partnership in Chisholm, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2012 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 9, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Thomsen Richard N
- Model
- AVID FLYER MK IV
- Serial number
- 1045D
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A82783 (octal 52023603)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 16, 2012
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 9, 1993
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00863962
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chuk James
- Type
- Partnership
- Address
- 6014 Baich Rd
Chisholm, MN 55719-8001 - Co-owners
- Werdier Randy M
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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 N6240T, 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 Chuk James, a partnership, certificate issued July 16, 2012, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 9, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1045D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6240T was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150E (serial 15060940, cancelled November 18, 1977). 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 N6240T: Accident on June 20, 2013 at Hibbing, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Thomsen AVID FLYER MK IV · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because the postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA363 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