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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Simcox Norman SPORT TRAINER
N6881M is a Simcox Norman SPORT TRAINER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Smith Aviation LLC, an LLC in Springer, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 19, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 10, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Simcox Norman
- Model
- SPORT TRAINER
- Serial number
- 00001
- 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 · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- A92376 (octal 52221566)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 19, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 10, 1989
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00484611
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Smith 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
- 1997 Hereford Rd
Springer, OK 73458-8245
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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
Connections how N6881M links to the rest of the register
- Simcox Norman 1 aircraft on the register
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Smith Aviation LLC 13 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to November 6, 2027
- Springer, OK 17 aircraft registered in this town
- Oklahoma 5,655 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N6881M, 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 Smith Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 19, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 10, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 00001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6881M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108-3 (serial 108-4881, cancelled January 9, 1986). 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 N6881M: Accident on September 26, 1994 at Laporte, IN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 26, 1983 at La Porte, IN: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Simcox SPORT TRAINER · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S CONTINUED OPERATION WITH A KNOWN POWER DEFICIENCY. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Stinson 108-3 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data