Phillips Paul D VANS RV-6
N8491K is a Phillips Paul D VANS RV-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Harrison Township, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2011 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 26, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Phillips Paul D
- Model
- VANS RV-6
- Serial number
- 21069
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-A1A · 200 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-6
- Transponder code
- ABA3CD (octal 52721715)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 31, 2011
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · October 26, 2002
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00837351
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kohler Michael J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 37746 Maplehill St
Harrison Township, MI 48045-2733
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8491K, 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 Kohler Michael J, an individual, certificate issued January 31, 2011, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated October 26, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 21069 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8491K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-1491, cancelled February 3, 1948). 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 N8491K: Accident on July 19, 1991 at Brinkley, AR: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on June 11, 1984 at Harrisburg, AR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman 164B · operated under 137
A BLOCKED FUEL SCREEN WHICH RESULTED IN A FUEL STARVATION INDUCED LOSS OF POWER. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW91DPG15 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer G-164B · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC84LA165 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