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A North American AT-6 Texan, the same model family as N86116
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N86116

North American AT-6D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesHawaii

N86116 is a North American AT-6D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Ph Warbirds LLC, an LLC in Kailua, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 16, 1959.

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Aircraft

Maker
North American
Model
AT-6D · all AT-6Ds and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the North American AT-6 Texan 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
90599
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 · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
141 mph
Transponder code
ABD528 (octal 52752450)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 12, 2026
Expires
May 31, 2033
Last FAA action
May 12, 2026
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · December 16, 1959
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00633463

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ph Warbirds 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
92-1212 Olani St Apt 1
Kailua, HI 96707

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

1998-02-25Cessna 337D · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
—Aeronca 11AC · Valid registration

Connections how N86116 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Kailua, HI 21 aircraft registered in this town
  • Hawaii 696 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N86116.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N86116, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Ph Warbirds LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 12, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated December 16, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 90599 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N86116 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 337D (serial 3371085, cancelled February 25, 1998); Aeronca 11AC (serial 11AC-543, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N86116: Accident on May 2, 1991 at Alpine, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

FTW91LA075Accident on May 2, 1991 at Alpine, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 337-1085

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 337D · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S CONTINUED TAKEOFF IN UNFAVORABLE WIND.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data