- Registered owner
- Hill Richard P
- Location
- Jacksonville Beach, FL
- Owner type
- Individual
- Serial number
- 24543
- Year built
- 2003
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- August 7, 2003
- Certificate issued
- April 19, 2012
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Mode S code
- ABD3FD
- Kit
- Vans Aircraft Inc RV-6A
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
No ADs matched this aircraft’s modelsADs on appliances, propellers and installed equipment aren’t matched by model; check those separately.
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N861QSMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Stucklen Frederic W RV-6A aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N861QSMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Stucklen Frederic W RV-6A aircraft
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N861QSGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Stucklen Frederic W RV-6A aircraft
Reports on N861QS not matched to an aircraft · 7
They name N861QS, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
SDR DXTA200702321Bulb · burned outCLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT FL300 A BURNING ODOR WAS IN THE COCKPIT (PAX COULD NOT ODOR SMOKE IN CABIN). M2B- INSPECTED BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANELS AND UNDER GLARESHIELD PANELS WITH NO FAULTS NOTED. RAN AIRCRAFT FOR .5 HRS WITH NO SMELL OF SMOKE. TALKED WITH TECH RESDR DXTA200702306Control Panel · shorted10 MIN INTO FLT AT NIGHT, 12000 MSL, IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS AND RAIN, AREA ABOVE RT- SIDE FLT CONTROL PANEL SPARKED W/POPPING NOISE AND BRIEF BURNED SMELL ACCOMPAINIED BY BOTH MASTER WARNING LTS FLASHING. RAN A/C APU AND ENGINES TO VERIFY DISCREPANCY, COULD NOTSDR DXTA200702194Wire · misinstalledAFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RED LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. JACKED A/C AND TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM, FOUND WIRE JK2L WAS LOCATED ON TERMINAL JK3L. CORRECTED MISWIRE AND PERFORMED EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTE
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs change type-certificated designs, and this aircraft isn’t type certificated.