# N6159S: 1966 Air & Space America 18A, registration cancelled 2013-04-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 26, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Air & Space America 18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-space-america-18a) (registry code 0440104)
- Engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1H17](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 18-70
- Year built: 1966
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, crew training
- Airworthiness date: April 21, 1994
- Certificate issued: October 5, 1972
- Last registry action: October 16, 2007
- Mode S code: A804F5
- Owner when cancelled: [Farrington Aircraft Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FARRINGTON%20AIRCRAFT%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [Paducah, KY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KY/Paducah)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.0306° N, 88.7094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 42001, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6159S
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6159S
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6159S-2013-04-26

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Air & Space America 18A: https://openairdocs.org/model/air-space-america-18a.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 NYC72FNA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FNA17), Nov 3, 1971: Air & Space 18A (N6159S), Bedford, MA, destroyed

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