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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Miller Steven M RV6-A
N812SM is a Miller Steven M RV6-A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued March 12, 2020). It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 12, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Miller Steven M
- Model
- RV6-A
- Serial number
- 23302
- 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 · Lycoming O-360-A1A · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV6A QUICK BUILD KIT
- Transponder code
- AB1266 (octal 52611146)
Registration
- Status
- First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 12, 2020
- Expires
- March 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 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 · March 12, 2002
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00394044
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sutton Aircraft Salvage 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
- 13500 e Jensen Ave
Palmer, AK 99645-9430
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N812SM links to the rest of the register
- Miller Steven M 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-360-A1A 601 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 110 aircraft in the fleet
- Palmer, AK 546 aircraft registered in this town
- Butte Municipal · AK1
- Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal · PAQ
- Finger Lake Seaplane Base · 99Z
- Gooding Lake Seaplane Base · 2D3
- Alaska 9,144 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-360-A1A 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-A1A 103 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N812SM, 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.
Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 23302 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N812SM 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 N812SM: Accident on September 13, 2017 at Elbert, CO: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Miller Steven M RV6 A · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper landing flare in strong gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his loss of directional control during an attempted go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with objects.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data