Smith Bob W ZODIAC 601XL
N3889S is a Smith Bob W ZODIAC 601XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Niceville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 16, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 11, 2010.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Smith Bob W
- Model
- ZODIAC 601XL
- Serial number
- 6-6410
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO ZODIAC 601 XL
- Transponder code
- A47CA6 (octal 51076246)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 16, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 11, 2010
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01039863
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bradley Sean A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2090 Lindsey Ln
Niceville, FL 32578-1625
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N3889S, 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 Bradley Sean A, an individual, certificate issued November 16, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 11, 2010, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-6410 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3889S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172 (serial 17251089, cancelled January 9, 1964). 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 N3889S: Accident on November 7, 1986 at Billings, MT: serious injuries, destroyed. 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: Bell 206L-3 · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN87FA018 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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