Nanchang CJ-6
2 models built 1958–1986 · 158 on the US register today
The Nanchang CJ-6, the Chinese primary trainer that replaced the licence-built Yak-18: a tandem two-seat low-wing monoplane with a Housai radial, inward-retracting tricycle gear and pneumatic systems, imported into the United States in large numbers from the 1990s. The CJ-6 (1958-65) has 260 hp; the CJ-6A (1965 on) 285 hp.
The variants
Family fleet, active
158
FAA registry
NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs
57
9 events over 158 active aircraft, pooled across the family
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30