Ralph A Hudson ZODIAC CH 601 XLB
N234S is a Ralph A Hudson ZODIAC CH 601 XLB, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cody, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 17, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 5, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ralph A Hudson
- Model
- ZODIAC CH 601 XLB
- Serial number
- 7165
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming O-290 · 125 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO ZODIAC 601 XL
- Transponder code
- A218EC (octal 50414354)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · November 5, 2012
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01100074
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nicholson Jim J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 3212
Cody, WY 82414-5913
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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 1
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The public federal record on N234S, 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 Nicholson Jim J, an individual, certificate issued May 17, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. 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 7165 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N234S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech D18S (serial A-115, cancelled October 9, 2009). 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 N234S: Accident on August 2, 2015 at Hubbard, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hudson ZODIAC CH 601 XLB · operated under 091
A severe propeller vibration due to the pilot's improper installation of the propeller spacer assembly, which necessitated an engine shutdown, an off-airport landing, and a collision with a sprinkler system.
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