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Curtiss Wright ROBIN C-1 · 1929 · Invokern, CA
N987K is a 1929 Curtiss Wright ROBIN C-1 (serial 633), registered to Hickle William H (individual) in Invokern, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2029; the airworthiness certificate dates from February 1965 (61 years ago). It carries a Wright CHAL R600 engine rated at 185 hp, the engine on 44% of registered Curtiss Wright ROBIN C-1s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ADC606. It is one of 10 Curtiss Wright ROBIN C-1 aircraft on the FAA registry. Hickle William H holds 12 aircraft on the registry.
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4 of the 9 registered Curtiss Wright ROBIN C-1 carry this engine (44%), across 4 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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