Piper PA-28-180
N6494J is a Piper PA-28-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Florence, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 6, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 3, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-180 · all PA-28-180s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-4925
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A4A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- A88997 (octal 52104627)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 6, 2017
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · June 3, 2008
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00822466
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kennedy Quincy A IV
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 610 Cherokee Rd
Florence, SC 29501-5233
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N6494J, 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 Kennedy Quincy A IV, an individual, certificate issued February 6, 2017, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 3, 2008, 40 years after the 1968 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 28-4925 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6494J according to the deregistered file. [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 N6494J: Accident on September 20, 2005 at Millville, NJ: serious injuries, substantial 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: Piper PA-28-180 · operated under 091
The flight instructor's improper in-flight decision to perform a emergency landing to a runway, with a tailwind, and his failure to maintain airspeed after aborting that landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Factors in the accident were the partial loss of engine power due to a cracked cylinder, and tailwind condition.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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