# N6493: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: May 9, 1975
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6493
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6493

## Aircraft that carried N6493

- [Cancelled 1975-05-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6493-1975-05-09): Scheineman TEENIE II, S/N WS-1. Owner: [Curry Vertis M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CURRY%20VERTIS%20M), [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- [Cancelled 1940-08-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6493-1940-08-01): Stearman C3-B, S/N 191. Owner: [George William Goetzen](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GEORGE%20WILLIAM%20GOETZEN), [Union City, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Union%20City)

## NTSB investigations on N6493 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA128), Feb 16, 2022: Stinson 108 (N6493), Pahokee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s incorrect tail wheel takeoff procedure, and the flight instructor’s lack of remedial action, which resulted in a nose over.

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