# Cirrus Design VK-30

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05623J4
- Manufacturer (registry): CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION
- Model: VK-30
- Aircraft type: Balloon
- Category: Balloon
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 4
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-vk-30

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 CHI96FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA116), Mar 22, 1996: Cirrus VK30 (N44VK), Duluth, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the inadequate handling/performance design capabilities of the airplane which resulted in the inability to recover from an aft center of gravity spin. Factors were the lack of any antispin or deep…

## 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 19960322004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960322004819A), Mar 22, 1996: Amtr VK30 (N44VK), Duluth, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Intentional stall for testing. Unable to recover. Gear and flaps down. Load af CG. Landed in wooded area. (-23) aircraft was being flown under phase I of…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Greth Gerald N VK 30](https://openairdocs.org/model/greth-gerald-n-vk-30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0561842
- [Remote Sensing VK30](https://openairdocs.org/model/remote-sensing-vk30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05620PL

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