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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Mccall Thomas A ZODIAC 601XL
N165TJ is a Mccall Thomas A ZODIAC 601XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2011. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Jefferson City, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 5, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 2, 2011.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mccall Thomas A
- Model
- ZODIAC 601XL
- Serial number
- 6-7060
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Kit
- ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO ZODIAC 601 XL
- Transponder code
- A105F3 (octal 50202763)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 5, 2026
- Expires
- September 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- September 5, 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 · December 2, 2011
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01081420
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Simmon Timothy A
- 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
- 2008 Tanner Bridge Rd
Jefferson City, MO 65101-2224
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N165TJ links to the rest of the register
- Mccall Thomas A 1 aircraft on the register
- Jabiru 3300 475 aircraft with this engine series · 120 hp
- Jefferson City, MO 92 aircraft registered in this town
- Jefferson City Memorial · JEF
- Missouri 5,817 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N165TJ.json.
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The public federal record on N165TJ, 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 Simmon Timothy A, an individual, certificate issued September 5, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 2, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-7060 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N165TJ 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 N165TJ: Accident on June 20, 2026 at O'Donnell, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zenith Aircraft Company 601 XL · operated under 091
On June 20, 2026, about 1147 central daylight time, an experimental Zodiac 601XL airplane, N165TJ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near O’Donnell, Texas. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. The pilot reported that she was relocating the airplane for the new owner, which was something she had previously done for this owner. During the preflight inspection, she did not find anything wrong with the airplane. About 15 minutes after departure, the canopy popped open about…
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data