Hughes Charles R ZODIAC 601XL
N418CM is a Hughes Charles R 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 Hamden, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 27, 2007 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 12, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Charles R
- Model
- ZODIAC 601XL
- Serial number
- 6-6450
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2011
- Kit
- ZENAIR ZENITH ZODIAC 601XL
- Transponder code
- A4F216 (octal 51171026)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 27, 2007
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · December 12, 2011
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00380639
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hughes Charles R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 905 Benham St
Hamden, CT 06514-1924
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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 N418CM, 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 Hughes Charles R, an individual, certificate issued July 27, 2007, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 12, 2011, consistent with the 2011 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-6450 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N418CM 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 N418CM: Accident on May 7, 2013 at Meriden, CT: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes Charles R ZODIAC 601XL · operated under 091
The pilot's decision to land with a tailwind and his failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA13CA233 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