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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Richards David Stanley Iii Z701
N128CF is a Richards David Stanley Iii Z701, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ackerly, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 27, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 6, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Richards David Stanley Iii
- Model
- Z701
- Serial number
- 75203
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Hirth 3701 · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A071A2 (octal 50070642)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 27, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 27, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 6, 2009
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00278449
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Snell Marion Lea
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3108 County Rd W
Ackerly, TX 79713-4070
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N128CF links to the rest of the register
- Richards David Stanley Iii 1 aircraft on the register
- Hirth 3701 12 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Ackerly, TX 21 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,943 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N128CF, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Snell Marion Lea, an individual, certificate issued March 27, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75203 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N128CF was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: British Aircraft Corp BAC 1-11 401/AK (serial 061, cancelled June 22, 2001); Frazier Charles S GOLDWING (serial 128, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N128CF: Accident on April 6, 2011 at El Centro, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zenith 701 · operated under 091
A partial loss of engine power during the initial climb after takeoff due to oil starvation because of the failure of the No. 2 oil pump drive coupling.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data