# N39AJ: 1990 Adams John E RV-6A, registration cancelled 2013-09-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 24, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Adams John E RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-john-e-rv-6a) (registry code 05608FL)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-360-A1D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (registry code 41504)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-286](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-286) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 20065
- Year built: 1990
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: June 20, 1990
- Certificate issued: September 15, 2004
- Last registry action: April 21, 2009
- Mode S code: A48079
- Owner when cancelled: [Key John Howard](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KEY%20JOHN%20HOWARD)
- Location: [Boerne, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Boerne)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 29.8581° N, 98.7037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78006, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39AJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=39AJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39AJ-2013-09-24

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Adams John E RV-6A: https://openairdocs.org/model/adams-john-e-rv-6a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 DFW07LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA124), May 30, 2007: Adams RV-6A (N39AJ), Boerne, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the best angle of climb speed resulting in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the high density altitude.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20070530013699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070530013699A), May 30, 2007: Amtr RV6A (N39AJ), Boerne, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 30, 2007, approximately 1035 central daylight time, a single-engine adams RV-6A homebuilt airplane, N39AJ, was destroyed following a loss of…

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