{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2015-11-09","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-12-07","city":"NOGALES","country_code":"US","county_code":"023","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"42122","engine_horsepower":150,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O-320-E2C","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-22","maker":"Trom Wayne","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"TROM WAYNE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05628IT","mode_s_code":"52076420","mode_s_hex":"A87D10","model":"VANS RV6A","n_number":"N646RV","name":"IMAGINE AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Aztec","damage":"DEST","date":"2022-09-16","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR22FA348","probable_cause":"The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence. Contributing to the accident was the pilot\u2019s decision to turn away from a suitable emergency landing surface, his failure to maintain adequate airspeed as the airplane neared the ground, and his exceedance of the airplane\u2019s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.","registration":"N646RV","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on September 16, 2022 at Aztec, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"LaFayette","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-04-11","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA15CA040","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in variable, gusting wind conditions, resulting in a runway excursion, and substantial damage to the airplane.","registration":"N646RV","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on April 11, 2015 at Lafayette, GA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N646RV is a Trom Wayne VANS RV6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Imagine Air LLC, an LLC in Nogales, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 9, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Imagine Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 7, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 9, 2015, 6 years after the 2009 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 20333 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N646RV 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 N646RV: Accident on September 16, 2022 at Aztec, AZ: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on April 11, 2015 at Lafayette, GA: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":2,"serial_number":"20333","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2021 N OLD PATAGONIA RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01030253","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N646RV","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2009,"zip":"856211274"}