Alexander Gilbert W VANS RV-6A
N66JH is an Alexander Gilbert W VANS RV-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Oro Valley, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 5, 2019 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 14, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Alexander Gilbert W
- Model
- VANS RV-6A
- Serial number
- 20701
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A1AD · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2017
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6A
- Transponder code
- A8B2B0 (octal 52131260)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 5, 2019
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · April 14, 2017
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01215981
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hefner James L
- Type
- Co-owned
- Address
- 1890 W Carnoustie Pl
Oro Valley, AZ 85737-7020 - Co-owners
- Hefner Qing
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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 2
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The public federal record on N66JH, 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 Hefner James L, a co-owned, certificate issued July 5, 2019, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated April 14, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20701 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N66JH was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Hess John L SPEZIO II (serial 001, cancelled October 3, 2012); Bell 206B (serial 2831, cancelled August 19, 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]
1 NTSB record under N66JH: Accident on December 18, 2008 at Newville, PA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hess John L SPEZIO II · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to carburetor ice as a result of the pilot's delayed use of carburetor heat.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA09LA098 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