Thompson John O ZODIAC XL
N6247A is a Thompson John O ZODIAC XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Seattle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 16, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Thompson John O
- Model
- ZODIAC XL
- Serial number
- 6-5961
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Kit
- ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO ZODIAC 601 XL
- Transponder code
- A82867 (octal 52024147)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 20, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 16, 2009
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00408549
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Robert W Rinker JR
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9139 7Th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98108-4657
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N6247A, 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 Robert W Rinker JR, an individual, certificate issued April 20, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 16, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-5961 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6247A was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 (serial 3878A0352, cancelled July 29, 1988); Cessna 182 (serial 33047, cancelled May 15, 1956). 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 N6247A: Accident on June 25, 1999 at Murrells Inlet, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing HU-369-OH6A · operated under 091
An inflight loss of control due to loss of tail rotor effectiveness as a result of the pilot's inadequate compensation for the winds and improper weather evaluation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA99LA189 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