{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1978-02-16","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-12-02","city":"BIGGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"007","cruise_speed_mph":80,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52016","engine_horsepower":600,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R1340 SERIES","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":"Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"3952803","mode_s_code":"52130535","mode_s_hex":"A8B15D","model":"G-164C","n_number":"N6596K","name":"JONES AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Glenn","damage":"SUBS","date":"2021-05-12","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"WPR21LA200","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s fuel mismanagement, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and an off-airport hard landing.","registration":"N6596K","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on May 12, 2021 at Glenn, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"OROVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-11-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX99LA040","probable_cause":"The pilot's decision to attempt readjustment of the rudder pedal in-flight.","registration":"N6596K","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on November 25, 1998 at Oroville, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"BUTTE CITY","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-05-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX92LA219","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW NORMAL PROCEDURES BY SELECTING THE WRONG RUNWAY.  CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S PREMATURE LIFT OFF AND THE EXISTING TAILWIND.","registration":"N6596K","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on May 26, 1992 at Butte City, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6596K is a Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Jones Aviation INC, a corporation in Biggs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2013 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 16, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Jones Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 2, 2013, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated February 16, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6596K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Republic RC-3 (serial 869, cancelled date not given). 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":"3 NTSB records under N6596K: Accident on May 12, 2021 at Glenn, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 25, 1998 at Oroville, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 26, 1992 at Butte City, CA: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"6C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 497","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00562816","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6596K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"959170497"}