{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1965-12-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2015-07-13","city":"MASON","country_code":"US","county_code":"065","cruise_speed_mph":79,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"17018","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"CONT MOTOR","engine_model":"W670 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-26","maker":"Curtiss Wright","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CURTISS WRIGHT","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2621806","mode_s_code":"52035434","mode_s_hex":"A83B1C","model":"TRAVEL AIR C-4000","n_number":"N6298","name":"GROH DAVID A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Elmira","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-08-27","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA06LA169","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed above stall speed (Vs) while turning to avoid trees along the side of the runway during the initial climbout after takeoff. Factors include, a variable wind that became a tailwind, and trees growing near the side of the runway.","registration":"N6298","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on August 27, 2006 at Elmira, OR: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Florence","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-04-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA03LA062","probable_cause":"Pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.  Factors include rough terrain.","registration":"N6298","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on April 12, 2003 at Florence, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6298 is a Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR C-4000, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1929. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mason, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 13, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 9, 1965.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Groh David A, an individual, certificate issued July 13, 2015, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 9, 1965, 36 years after the 1929 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 745 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N6298 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N6298: Accident on August 27, 2006 at Elmira, OR: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on April 12, 2003 at Florence, OR: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":3,"serial_number":"745","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4322 CURTICE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00891806","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6298","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1929,"zip":"488549554"}