Zilz David E ZENITH STOL CH801
N143ZT is a Zilz David E ZENITH STOL CH801, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brinktown, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 29, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Zilz David E
- Model
- ZENITH STOL CH801
- Serial number
- 8-4397
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2005
- Kit
- ZENITH ACFT CO STOL CH 801
- Transponder code
- A0B026 (octal 50130046)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 29, 2005
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00184949
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Clark Travis
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 37611 Highway N
Brinktown, MO 65443-9160
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N143ZT, 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 Clark Travis, an individual, certificate issued November 29, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 29, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 8-4397 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N143ZT according to the deregistered file. [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 N143ZT: Accident on January 18, 2006 at Moscow Mills, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zilz Zenith CH801 · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to inadequate design of the engine compartment which resulted in inadequate engine cooling and fuel starvation due to vapor lock. Factors associated with the accident were the utility pole and trees which were contacted during the landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data