{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1958-05-15","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1986-11-03","city":"HOLLISTER","country_code":"US","county_code":"069","cruise_speed_mph":141,"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":"2028-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"North American","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NORTH AMERICAN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"6400416","mode_s_code":"52244115","mode_s_hex":"A9484D","model":"AT-6D","n_number":"N6979C","name":"CALIFORNIA WARBIRDS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"HOLLISTER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-04-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX99LA158","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing.","registration":"N6979C","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on April 18, 1999 at Hollister, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6979C is a North American AT-6D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to California Warbirds INC, a corporation in Hollister, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 1986 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 15, 1958.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to California Warbirds INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 3, 1986, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate; 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 42-85408 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N6979C 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":"1 NTSB record under N6979C: Accident on April 18, 1999 at Hollister, 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":2,"serial_number":"42-85408","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"711 ARGONNE AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00642777","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6979C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"950236803"}