# N309AK: DR John Cocker VANS RV 6A

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [DR John Cocker VANS RV 6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dr-john-cocker-vans-rv-6a) (registry code 056416H, 1 seats)
- Serial number: 23369
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Certificate issued: February 7, 2024
- Expires: February 28, 2031
- Mode S code: A340CB
- Registered owner: [Wings 'N Tails LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WINGS%20'N%20TAILS%20LLC)
- Location: [Smoketown, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Smoketown)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 40.0371° N, 76.1978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 17576, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=309AK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N309AK

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (DR John Cocker VANS RV 6A)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N309AK.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N309AK.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## Service difficulty reports on N309AK not matched to an aircraft (3)

They name N309AK, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [SDR CVGA201211009001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CVGA201211009001), Nov 8, 2012: GENERATOR. FAILED. LEFT GENERATOR FAILED INFLIGHT AND WOULD NOT RESET. PRIOR TO FAILURE, THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS IN THE COCKPIT, SMELL DISSIPATED AFTER GENE
- [SDR CVGA20120715001](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CVGA20120715001), Jul 15, 2012: UNKNOWN. UNBALANCED. AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE ON CLIMB-OUT.
- [SDR CVGA20120032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CVGA20120032), Jan 3, 2012: CABIN PRESSURE. MALFUNCTIONED. PRESSURIZATION RATE SWINGS 2000 FT PER MIN ON DESCENTS. CREW CAN HEAR OUTFLOW VALVES POPPING WITH POWER CHANGES.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Related

- Other DR John Cocker VANS RV 6A aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/dr-john-cocker-vans-rv-6a/aircraft.md

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