# N7055D: 1942 North American AT-6A, registration cancelled 2016-12-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 13, 2016
- Status when cancelled: Second renewal notice
- Airframe: [North American AT-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-6a) (registry code 6400469)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1340-an-1) (registry code 51612)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-2-575](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-2-575) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 78-7228
- Year built: 1942
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: June 1, 2006
- Certificate issued: April 25, 2006
- Last registry action: February 20, 2014
- Mode S code: A96A2C
- Owner when cancelled: [J Simpson Mckibbin Company Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/J%20SIMPSON%20MCKIBBIN%20COMPANY%20INC)
- Location: [Vancouver, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Vancouver)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 45.6401° N, 122.6250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98661, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7055D
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7055D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7055D-2016-12-13

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 North American AT-6A: https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-at-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 WPR16FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA087), Mar 23, 2016: North American AT 6A (N7055D), Astoria, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control during a low-altitude ash dispersal maneuver. Contributing to the accident was his degraded performance due to his medical conditions.

## 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 20160323002589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160323002589A), Mar 23, 2016: North American AT-6A (N7055D), Astoria, OR, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. On a flight for the reported purpose of scattering the passengers deceased husbands ashes, the aircraft, according to eyewitness accounts, made a slow left…

## Other aircraft with N7055D

- [Cancelled 1973-08-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7055D-1973-08-10): Piper PA-22-150, S/N 22-4952. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Shoemaker Richard L/Westphal Richard S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHOEMAKER%20RICHARD%20L%2FWESTPHAL%20RICHARD%20S), [Utica, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Utica)

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