# Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05606GW
- Manufacturer (registry): HASTINGS THOMAS G
- Model: CIRRUS VK-30
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 5
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/hastings-thomas-g-cirrus-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)

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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 WPR18FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA088), Feb 11, 2018: Hastings Thomas G Cirrus VK 30 (N52TH), Agua Dulce, CA, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The driveshaft fracture due to overstress loading and rotational bending as a result of the under-torqued nuts on the elastomeric couplings backing off and the subsequent in-flight separation of the…

## 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 20180211002369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180211002369A), Feb 11, 2018: Hastings Thomas G CIRRUS VK-30 (N52TH), Aqua Dulce, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On 02/11/2018 10:55 LCL time N52TH, a home built experimental VK30 aircraft, was enroute from las vegas, NV to van nuys, CA when the accident occured. There…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Klapmeier Alan/Klapmeier Dale CIRRUS VK 30](https://openairdocs.org/model/klapmeier-alan-klapmeier-dale-cirrus-vk-30): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056182R
- [Thomas D Pipkin CIRRUS VK-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-d-pipkin-cirrus-vk-30): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05640KZ
- [Kalista Farms CIRRUS VK-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/kalista-farms-cirrus-vk-30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056120E
- [Walch Kenneth B CIRRUS VK 30](https://openairdocs.org/model/walch-kenneth-b-cirrus-vk-30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05614HO
- [Klapmeiesa A L/Klapmeiesa D E CIRRUS VK-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/klapmeiesa-a-l-klapmeiesa-d-e-cirrus-vk-30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05616PF
- [Elliott Glenn R CIRRUS VK30](https://openairdocs.org/model/elliott-glenn-r-cirrus-vk30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056189G
- [Long Robert E CIRRUS VK 30](https://openairdocs.org/model/long-robert-e-cirrus-vk-30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05622BW
- [Correy Alfred Y CIRRUS VK30](https://openairdocs.org/model/correy-alfred-y-cirrus-vk30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05623J8
- [Brose Don CIRRUS VK30](https://openairdocs.org/model/brose-don-cirrus-vk30): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05626MR

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