Single-engine piston

N6161Q

1978 Homebuilt PZL-104 Wilga 35

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
128420
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ivchenko AI-14R
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Lincoln, NE
Registration record

N6161Q on the FAA register

Type
1978 Homebuilt PZL-104 Wilga 35
Serial
128420
Engines
Ivchenko AI-14R
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Lincoln, NE
Certificate issued
2015-05-05
Airworthiness date
2015-08-11
Registration expires
2028-05-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A80792
Mode S (octal)
52003622
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2015-08-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2015-05-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N6161Q to the current registrant.
  • 1997-01-15
    N6161Q previously assigned to a Homebuilt Tierra II (s/n 1); cancelled.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N6161Q

N6161Q is a 1978 Homebuilt PZL-104 Wilga 35, serial number 128420. It is registered to an individual in Lincoln, Nebraska. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 5, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ivchenko AI-14R engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 11, 2015.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N6161Q. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1994-08-26 Accident · Prole, IA Damage: Destroyed Minor injury NTSB · CHI94LA299
Reported aircraft: Robert Eldon Idler TIERRA-2 — a different aircraft that carried the N6161Q registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the airplane's encounter with the outflow (gust front) from an approaching thunderstorm. Factors were the pilot's inaccurate evaluation of the gust front location, and the inability of the airplanes flight control system to compensate for the rolling moment.
1971-01-18 Accident · Santa Ana,Calif, 05 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 4223
Reported aircraft: Cessna 320 — a different aircraft that carried the N6161Q registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: SHOWED PRESS FUEL LINE,R ENG,WAS CRACKED.

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.