Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) C Series / UC-72B/D/E/F/G/H/J/K/M/N/P/Q
    Latest Model:YKS-7
    Construction Number:4504
    Last Civil Registration:N16512
    Compressed ID:Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) YKS-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bungay Suffolk

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YKS-7.

    To unknown owner with c/r N16512.

    13 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16512 (YKS-6, 4504) issued.

    22 July 1979

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number SEA79FYP37: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 10:21 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the Tri Cities Airport, Pasco, WA. The flight departed from Vancouver, WA, stopping at Helena, MT, on the way to Pasco, WA. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. The aircraft nosed over during the landing rollout.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    31 January 1997

    To MM Aviation Inc, Henderson, NV keeping c/r N16512.

    27 April 2003


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With Sennheiser titles at Aero 2003, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    To Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim, Oberschleissheim, Bavaria.
    View the Location Dossier

    5 August 2012


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: With maximum show effect at the Dobersberg Airshow, Austria

    29 November 2012


    Photographer: Clive Hindmarch
    Notes: 2012 photo at the Aircraft museum in Oberschleissheim near Munich.

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16512 (YKS-6, 4504) issued.

    6 September 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2013 Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen Hahnweide, one of Europes largest historic aircraft air shows.

    13 October 2016

    To MM Aviation Inc, Henderson, NV keeping c/r N16512.

    24 May 2019

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bungay Suffolk keeping c/r N16512.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airport Data
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=15886][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Weaver Aircraft Company (WACO) YKS-7, c/n 4504, c/r N16512[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=15886
    Copyright 1993-2024 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.