Single-engine piston

N581DS

1968 Homebuilt CJ-6

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1968
Serial
832004
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Scs Aircraft Management LLC (LLC)
Based
Culver City, CA
Registration record

N581DS on the FAA register

Type
1968 Homebuilt CJ-6
Serial
832004
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Scs Aircraft Management LLC
Culver City, CA
Certificate issued
2019-07-17
Airworthiness date
2017-11-30
Registration expires
2029-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A779FB
Mode S (octal)
51674773
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-07-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N581DS to the current registrant.
  • 2017-11-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2009-12-31
    N581DS previously assigned to a Cirrus SR22-G2 / SR22-G6 / SR22-G3 (s/n 3164); cancelled.
  • 1968
    Manufactured (1968).
Overview

About N581DS

N581DS is a 1968 Homebuilt CJ-6, serial number 832004. The FAA register lists Scs Aircraft Management LLC as the registrant in Culver City, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 17, 2019 and expires on July 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated November 30, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N581DS. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2009-07-31 Accident · Ravenswood, WV Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ERA09FA429
Reported aircraft: Cirrus SR-22 — a different aircraft that carried the N581DS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's improper modification of the certified, on-board oxygen system, which resulted in incapacitation due to hypoxia, and the airplane's subsequent uncontrolled descent into terrain.

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.