# Case Richard L VAN RV-6

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056214R
- Manufacturer (registry): CASE RICHARD L
- Model: VAN 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/case-richard-l-van-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 ERA10LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA007), Oct 5, 2009: Case Richard L VAN RV-6 (N455RC), Magnolia, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meterological conditions and his subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight…

## 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 20091005050399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091005050399A), Oct 5, 2009: Case Richar VAN RV-6 (N455RC), Magnolia, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed ilm at 1222 local time enroute to lhz. At 1246 aircraft contacted seymour johnson afb approach saying he was VFR at 2000'. The aircraft was…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Burnham Jerry Edward VAN RV 6](https://openairdocs.org/model/burnham-jerry-edward-van-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604XF
- [Stephens Richard L VAN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/stephens-richard-l-van-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560524
- [Nunnery Charles C VAN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/nunnery-charles-c-van-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05608LT
- [Berg George C VAN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/berg-george-c-van-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05611L0
- [Chard Arthur B VAN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/chard-arthur-b-van-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05613F4
- [Scott Gerald E VAN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/scott-gerald-e-van-rv-6): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05628T4
- [Chard VAN RV-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/chard-van-rv-6): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0561365

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