North American AT-6F
N6601C is a North American AT-6F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Nicholls Aviation LLC, an LLC in Dover, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 16, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 15, 1957.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- North American
- Model
- AT-6F · all AT-6Fs 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 North American AT-6 Texan 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
- 121-42479
- 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 · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 141 mph
- Transponder code
- A8B6B7 (octal 52133267)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 16, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- October 16, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · August 15, 1957
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00482846
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nicholls Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 8 the Green Ste A
Dover, DE 19901
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N6601C links to the rest of the register
- North American AT-6 Texan 228 registered
- North American 1,297 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Nicholls Aviation LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Dover, DE 1,043 aircraft registered in this town
- Dover Air Force Base · DOV
- Chandelle Airport · 0N4
- Deldot Helistop · 0N5
- Delaware 10,962 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the North American AT-6 Texan 10 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the North American AT-6 Texan 117 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N6601C, 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 Nicholls Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 16, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated August 15, 1957, consistent with the 1957 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 121-42479 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6601C 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 N6601C: Accident on July 28, 2021 at Adrian, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American AT-6F · operated under 091
The loss of control during landing due to the out of rig condition of the tailwheel which resulted in a ground loop and impact with the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data