Nanchang China CJ-6A
N8120C is a Nanchang China CJ-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1987. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Independence, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 10, 2026.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 2:44 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Nanchang China
- Model
- CJ-6A · all CJ-6As 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 Nanchang China CJ-6 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
- 44-04
- 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 · Vedeneyev M14P · 350 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1987
- Transponder code
- AB1325 (octal 52611445)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 18, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- February 23, 2026
- 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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 10, 2026
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00257969
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Michalak Michael T
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 710 Airport Way
Independence, OR 97351-9667
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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
Connections how N8120C links to the rest of the register
- Nanchang China CJ-6 162 registered
- Nanchang China 175 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Vedeneyev M14P 174 aircraft with this engine series · 350 hp
- Independence, OR 215 aircraft registered in this town
- Independence State Airport · 7S5
- Oregon 7,008 aircraft registered
- Where N8120C is now · Last seen yesterday at 2:44 pm.
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The public federal record on N8120C, 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 Michalak Michael T, an individual, certificate issued June 18, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 10, 2026, 39 years after the 1987 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 44-04 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8120C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 28-8016135, cancelled February 2, 1999); Piper PA-22-135 (serial 22-2266, cancelled November 19, 1965). 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 N8120C: Accident on May 25, 1990 at Fraconia, PA: no 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-28-161 · operated under 091
THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO FLARE FOR LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: A POWER LOSS DUE TO OIL EXHAUSTION, THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO CONDUCT AN ADEQUATE PRE-FLIGHT AND DEPARTING WITH THE OIL DIP STICK LOOSE.
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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data