# N426BB: 1996 Bishop Charles W RV6A, registration cancelled 2007-01-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 23, 2007
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Bishop Charles W RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bishop-charles-w-rv6a) (registry code 05625HF)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 23405
- Year built: 1996
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: September 16, 1996
- Certificate issued: October 27, 1994
- Last registry action: November 21, 2006
- Mode S code: A51204
- Owner when cancelled: [Bishop Charles W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BISHOP%20CHARLES%20W)
- Location: [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 29.8274° N, 95.4261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77018, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N426BB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=426BB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N426BB-2007-01-23

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Bishop Charles W RV6A: https://openairdocs.org/model/bishop-charles-w-rv6a.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 LAX05LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA144), Apr 22, 2005: Bishop RV6A (N426BB), Dulzura, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with rising mountainous terrain.

## 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 20050422008349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050422008349A), Apr 22, 2005: Amtr RV6A (N426BB), Imperial Beach, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Not long after departing brown field (sdm) in his RV6A, N426BB, pilot collided with mountainous terrain, weather was a factor.

## Other aircraft with N426BB

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N426BB): William M Hicks RANS S7S, S/N 1211570, built 2014

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