Single-engine piston

N40ST

1997 Homebuilt Vans RV-6A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1997
Serial
T106A
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Pensacola, FL
Registration record

N40ST on the FAA register

Type
1997 Homebuilt Vans RV-6A
Serial
T106A
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Pensacola, FL
Certificate issued
2025-03-12
Airworthiness date
1997-07-01
Registration expires
2032-03-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A4ABEA
Mode S (octal)
51125752
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-03-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N40ST to the current registrant.
  • 2008-10-07
    N40ST previously assigned to a Piper Navajo Chieftain / PA-31 350 Chieftain (s/n 31-7405183); cancelled.
  • 1997-07-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
Overview

About N40ST

N40ST is a 1997 Homebuilt Vans RV-6A, serial number T106A. It is registered to an individual in Pensacola, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 12, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated July 1, 1997.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N40ST. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2006-07-11 Accident · Easton, WA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA06FA139
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 — a different aircraft that carried the N40ST registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The loss of power in both engines for undetermined reasons while in cruise flight, leading to an attempted forced landing. Factors include unfavorable winds at the site of the forced landing, and trees off the approach end of the grass runway the pilot was attempting to land on.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.