Michael P Chekal ZODIAC 601XL
N601MM is a Michael P Chekal ZODIAC 601XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 29, 2015.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Michael P Chekal
- Model
- ZODIAC 601XL
- Serial number
- 6-5660
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Jabiru 3300A · 120 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Kit
- ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO ZODIAC 601 XL
- Transponder code
- A7CC15 (octal 51746025)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2014
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · June 29, 2015
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01150631
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chekal Michael P
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1375 Journeys Way
Hastings, MI 49058-6000
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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 N601MM, 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 Chekal Michael P, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 29, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-5660 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N601MM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (serial 61000522, cancelled date not given). 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 N601MM: Accident on July 1, 1983 at Elko, NV: 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: Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601B · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX83LA313 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