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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Nanchang China
- Model
- CJ-6A · all CJ-6As and related versions
- Serial number
- 44-04
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Vedeneyev M14P · 350 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1987
- Transponder code
- AB1325 (octal 52611445)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 18, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- February 23, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · February 10, 2026
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00257969
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Michalak Michael T
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 710 Airport Way
Independence, OR 97351-9667
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC90LA111 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
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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data