# Cheung David S VANS RV6A

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056141G
- Manufacturer (registry): CHEUNG DAVID S
- Model: VANS RV6A
- 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/cheung-david-s-vans-rv6a

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 GAA17CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA238), Apr 17, 2017: Cheung David S Vans RV6 (N822DC), Indianola, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate approach path, which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway overrun.

## 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 20170417008469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170417008469A), Apr 17, 2017: Cheung David S VANS RV6A (N822DC), Indianola, IA, Substantial damage. The aircraft touched down mid field runway 36. Excessive approach speed and hard landing caused the aircraft to bounce and become airborne. The aircraft…
- [Incident 20160708011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160708011889I), Jul 8, 2016: Cheung David S VANS RV6A (N822DC), Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. On July 8, 2016, at 1340 MDT, a RV-6A, N822DC, registered to [privacy data omitted] struck a taxi light with the propeller at the Santa Fe, NM airport while…

## Service difficulty reports (2)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 2024FA0000231](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2024FA0000231), Dec 9, 2023: HOSE CONNECTOR. DISCONNECTED. BRASS 1/4" HOSE COUPLING CAME DISCONNECTED INSIDE THE COCKPIT WHERE THE PITOT LINE ENTERS THE CABIN. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF INDICATED AIRSPEED DURING CRUISE
- [SDR 2005FA0001051](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2005FA0001051), Jul 19, 2005: MOUNT. CHAFED. LOWER RT DIAGONAL ENGINE MOUNT TUBE FOUND CHAFED DO TO EXHAUST PIPE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE TUBE, THIS HAPPENED DO TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE EXHAUST SY

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Floyd G Halderman JR VANS RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/floyd-g-halderman-jr-vans-rv6a): 3 registered aircraft, registry code 05630V9
- [Mosher Rick VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/mosher-rick-vans-rv-6a): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05603MV
- [Stewart John H VANS RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stewart-john-h-vans-rv6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056024S
- [Gines Edmund D VANS RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/gines-edmund-d-vans-rv6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560265
- [Kincaid Wade VANS RV 6-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/kincaid-wade-vans-rv-6-a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602AP
- [Furey John P VANS RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/furey-john-p-vans-rv6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602EG
- [Towner Miles Allen VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/towner-miles-allen-vans-rv-6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602J7
- [Schell Timothy N VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/schell-timothy-n-vans-rv-6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056031Y
- [Hoopes Todd Christian VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hoopes-todd-christian-vans-rv-6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560329
- [Laboyteaux Mark E VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/laboyteaux-mark-e-vans-rv-6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056033A
- [Dodgion Gary Robert VANS RV6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dodgion-gary-robert-vans-rv6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603JI
- [Greener Robert VANS RV-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/greener-robert-vans-rv-6a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560402

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