Berg George C VAN RV-6
N649MB is a Berg George C VAN RV-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lebanon, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 17, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Berg George C
- Model
- VAN RV-6
- Serial number
- 23872
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2003
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6
- Transponder code
- A887BF (octal 52103677)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 17, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- December 31, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 26, 2003
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00973804
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thompson Brian P
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 17601 Central Pike
Lebanon, TN 37090-8033
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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 N649MB, 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 Thompson Brian P, an individual, certificate issued July 17, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 23872 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N649MB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA (serial 0649, cancelled October 5, 1994). 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 N649MB: Accident on September 13, 1992 at Colfax, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 29, 1990 at Sacramento, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 BETA · operated under 091
THE PILOT POOR IN-FLIGHT DECISION TO FLY AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND HIS INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOK-OUT. THE CABLE (STATIC WIRE) CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22B · operated under 091
THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER'S CHECKLIST BY NEGLECTING TO APPLY FULL CARBURETOR HEAT AT LOW POWER SETTINGS.
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