Single-engine piston

N473W

1994 Homebuilt Dewitt RV6

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1994
Serial
20497
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Smutny Joseph R + 1 co-owner (Partnership)
Based
Downers Grove, IL
Registration record

N473W on the FAA register

Type
1994 Homebuilt Dewitt RV6
Serial
20497
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Smutny Joseph R + 1 co-owner
Downers Grove, IL
Certificate issued
2021-05-24
Airworthiness date
2001-06-29
Registration expires
2028-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A5CE33
Mode S (octal)
51347063
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-05-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N473W to the current registrant.
  • 2001-06-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1994
    Manufactured (1994).
  • 1939-09-27
    N473W previously assigned to a Curtiss Wright Travel Air 4000 (s/n 1413); cancelled.
Overview

About N473W

N473W is a 1994 Homebuilt Dewitt RV6, serial number 20497. The FAA register lists Smutny Joseph R + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Downers Grove, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 24, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028.

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 June 29, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N473W.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N473W.

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

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