# N956DB: Burgess Dale RV-6, registration cancelled 2000-05-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 5, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Burgess Dale RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/burgess-dale-rv-6) (registry code 05630A9)
- Serial number: 21119
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 1, 1998
- Last registry action: April 1, 1998
- Mode S code: AD4B3E
- Owner when cancelled: [Knight William G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KNIGHT%20WILLIAM%20G)
- Location: [Delray Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Delray%20Beach)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 26.4626° N, 80.0618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33483, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N956DB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=956DB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N956DB-2000-05-05

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Burgess Dale RV-6: https://openairdocs.org/model/burgess-dale-rv-6.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 IAD99FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA020), Nov 21, 1998: Burgess RV-6 (N956DB), Edgewater, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from the trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's unfamiliarity with the geographic location and dark night conditions.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 19981121031959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981121031959A), Nov 21, 1998: Amtr RV6 (N956DB), Annapolis, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft took off, witnesses heard the engine "pop", the acft wing clipped a tree. (-23) on approach to runway 21 at anp the aircraft struck some trees and crashed…
- [Incident 19980813045539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980813045539I), Aug 13, 1998: Amtr RV6 (N956DB), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. (-5)Intake fire while taxiing for takeoff at Teterboro. Fire and rescue responded. Minor damage to cowl under engine. Most likely cause was a stuck carburetor…

## Other aircraft with N956DB

- [Cancelled 2022-06-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N956DB-2022-06-02): Robinson Helicopter R66, S/N 0995. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Baldwin David](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BALDWIN%20DAVID), [Port Orange, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Port%20Orange)

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