# Birx Daniel VANS ACFT RV-6

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056055S
- Manufacturer (registry): BIRX DANIEL
- Model: VANS ACFT RV-6
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/birx-daniel-vans-acft-rv-6

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 LAX00LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA141), Mar 27, 2000: Birx Vans RV-6 (N986DB), Taft, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with the ground for undetermined reasons.

## 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 20000327004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000327004899A), Mar 27, 2000: Amtr VANSRV6 (N986DB), Taft, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) La center observed the a/c descend out of 11,000 to 5,000 where the a/c went off the controllers radar screen, the a/c crashed in terrain. At…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Stubben David R VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/stubben-david-r-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602TL
- [Mcclintock Norman L VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcclintock-norman-l-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056036R
- [ORR John VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/orr-john-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603O5
- [Burch Terry VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/burch-terry-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604ER
- [ELY John M VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/ely-john-m-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604FZ
- [Kusch Kim Gary VANS ACFT RV6](https://openairdocs.org/model/kusch-kim-gary-vans-acft-rv6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604RV
- [Hodges Tharen L VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/hodges-tharen-l-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604RW
- [Quirk K M/Caubet J VANS ACFT RV6](https://openairdocs.org/model/quirk-k-m-caubet-j-vans-acft-rv6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056053X
- [Bonner Francis M VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/bonner-francis-m-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056058C
- [Champagne Donald R VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/champagne-donald-r-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056074D
- [Lock Mitchell Wood VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/lock-mitchell-wood-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056082I
- [Longaker Chris VANS ACFT RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/longaker-chris-vans-acft-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05608SD

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