{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1994-10-13","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-07-16","city":"NORTH POLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"090","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"43200","engine_horsepower":146,"engine_maker":"MAZDA","engine_model":"13B","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Rufli Theodore J","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RUFLI THEODORE J","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056222S","mode_s_code":"52011270","mode_s_hex":"A812B8","model":"RUFLI","n_number":"N6191R","name":"MERRIMAN JOEL W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fairbanks","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-06-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC04LA067","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during takeoff-initial climb, which resulted in a forced landing and an on ground collision with a parked and unoccupied airplane.","registration":"N6191R","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 24, 2004 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ROGERS","damage":"DEST","date":"1988-10-21","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MKC89FA007","probable_cause":"CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER BECOMING DISORIENTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT, LOW CEILINGS, FOG, DRIZZLE, OBSCURATION, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO DIVERT TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION.","registration":"N6191R","state":"AR","summary":"Accident on October 21, 1988 at Rogers, AR: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6191R is a Rufli Theodore J RUFLI, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in North Pole, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 16, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 13, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Merriman Joel W, an individual, certificate issued July 16, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6191R was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T210F (serial T2100091, cancelled August 16, 1989). 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 N6191R: Accident on June 24, 2004 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 21, 1988 at Rogers, AR: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 56291","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00114232","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6191R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"997051291"}