{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-04-01","city":"LEBANON","country_code":"US","county_code":"043","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"VANS AIRCRAFT INC","kit_model":"RV-6","last_action_date":"2023-05-05","maker":"David M Wells","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DAVID M WELLS","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05639Y6","mode_s_code":"53365735","mode_s_hex":"ADEBDD","model":"RV-6","n_number":"N9964M","name":"WELLS DAVID M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Kotzebue","damage":"SUBS","date":"2005-09-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC05LA136","probable_cause":"The failure of the nose gear steering mechanism during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent encounter with the runway.","registration":"N9964M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 2, 2005 at Kotzebue, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"KOTZEBUE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-04-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC90LA060","probable_cause":"THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER ALTITUDE.","registration":"N9964M","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on April 13, 1990 at Kotzebue, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9964M is a David M Wells RV-6, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lebanon, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2021 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Wells David M, an individual, certificate issued April 1, 2021, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 23968 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N9964M 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 N9964M: Accident on September 2, 2005 at Kotzebue, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 13, 1990 at Kotzebue, AK: 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":"23968","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"29940 BARTELS CREEK DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01333837","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9964M","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"973559499"}