Twin piston

N6V

1998 Homebuilt S-38B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1998
Serial
B314-12
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
S C Johnson & Son Inc (Corporation)
Based
Racine, WI
Registration record

N6V on the FAA register

Type
1998 Homebuilt S-38B
Serial
B314-12
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
S C Johnson & Son Inc
Racine, WI
Certificate issued
1998-08-12
Airworthiness date
1998-08-11
Registration expires
2028-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A7C468
Mode S (octal)
51742150
Seats (type)
7
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1998-08-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N6V to the current registrant.
  • 1998-08-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1936-07-01
    N6V previously assigned to a Sikorsky S-38-C (s/n 314-12); cancelled.
Overview

About N6V

N6V is a 1998 Homebuilt S-38B, serial number B314-12. The FAA register lists S C Johnson & Son Inc as the registrant in Racine, Wisconsin. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 12, 1998 and expires on January 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engines and 7 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 11, 1998.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N6V.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N6V.

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.