{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2001-11-07","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2017-08-25","city":"MONTICELLO","country_code":"US","county_code":"037","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-6A","last_action_date":"2023-03-10","maker":"Willerton Hazen Dennis","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WILLERTON HAZEN DENNIS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056100U","mode_s_code":"51744657","mode_s_hex":"A7C9AF","model":"VANS RV6A","n_number":"N6000Z","name":"GILLETTE DAVID A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Show Low","damage":"DEST","date":"2021-12-22","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR22FA067","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s exceedance of the airplane\u2019s critical angle of attack following an aborted landing approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery.","registration":"N6000Z","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on December 22, 2021 at Show Low, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Sequim","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-04-10","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR12LA174","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.","registration":"N6000Z","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sequim, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6000Z is a Willerton Hazen Dennis VANS RV6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Monticello, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 25, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 7, 2001.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Gillette David A, an individual, certificate issued August 25, 2017, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 7, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24142 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6000Z was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Commander Aircraft Co 114-B (serial 14551, cancelled October 21, 1994); Beech 76 (serial ME115, cancelled November 28, 1989); Piper PA-25 (serial 253, cancelled January 27, 1971). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N6000Z: Accident on December 22, 2021 at Show Low, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on April 10, 2012 at Sequim, WA: no injuries, substantial 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"24142","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"UT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 143","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00683755","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6000Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2001,"zip":"845350143"}