{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2001-05-16","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"ANDERSON","country_code":"US","county_code":"095","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-28"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-6","last_action_date":"2026-06-24","maker":"Franz Carl J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"FRANZ CARL J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05610X1","mode_s_code":"50346115","mode_s_hex":"A1CC4D","model":"RV-6","n_number":"N215CF","name":"SALE REPORTED","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Howell","damage":"MINR","date":"2005-04-05","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI05CA089","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout which resulted in the aircraft departing the runway pavement and nosing over.  An additional cause was the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition.  Contributing factors were the gusty crosswind and the soft grass.","registration":"N215CF","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on April 5, 2005 at Howell, MI: serious injuries, minor damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N215CF is a Franz Carl J RV-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anderson, Indiana. The FAA lists the registration as \"sale reported\". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 16, 2001. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Sale reported\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 16, 2001, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24722 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N215CF according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 28, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N215CF: Accident on April 5, 2005 at Howell, MI: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"24722","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IN","status":"Sale reported","status_code":"7","status_short":"Sale reported","street":"282 AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00493705","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N215CF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2000,"zip":"460179550"}