{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2026-02-10","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-06-18","city":"INDEPENDENCE","country_code":"US","county_code":"053","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"63601","engine_horsepower":350,"engine_maker":"VEDENEYEV","engine_model":"M14P","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-02-23","maker":"Nanchang China","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"NANCHANG CHINA","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"056183N","mode_s_code":"52611445","mode_s_hex":"AB1325","model":"CJ-6A","n_number":"N8120C","name":"MICHALAK MICHAEL T","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FRACONIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-05-25","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC90LA111","probable_cause":"THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO FLARE FOR LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: A POWER LOSS DUE TO OIL EXHAUSTION, THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO CONDUCT AN ADEQUATE PRE-FLIGHT AND DEPARTING WITH THE OIL DIP STICK LOOSE.","registration":"N8120C","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on May 25, 1990 at Fraconia, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8120C is a Nanchang China CJ-6A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1987. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Independence, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated February 10, 2026.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Michalak Michael T, an individual, certificate issued June 18, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 10, 2026, 39 years after the 1987 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 44-04 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8120C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 28-8016135, cancelled February 2, 1999); Piper PA-22-135 (serial 22-2266, cancelled November 19, 1965). 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":"1 NTSB record under N8120C: Accident on May 25, 1990 at Fraconia, PA: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"44-04","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"710 AIRPORT WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00257969","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8120C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1987,"zip":"973519667"}