Wood Robert D VELOCITY XL
N658SE is a Wood Robert D VELOCITY XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Chandelle LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 19, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 2, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Wood Robert D
- Model
- VELOCITY XL
- Serial number
- 3FX017
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2001
- Kit
- VELOCITY INC 173/RG-XL ELITE
- Transponder code
- A8AC07 (octal 52126007)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 19, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · February 2, 2001
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00313705
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Chandelle LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 300 Delaware Ave Ste 201-A
Wilmington, DE 19801-6601
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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 N658SE, 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 Chandelle LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 19, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 2, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3FX017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N658SE 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]
2 NTSB records under N658SE: Accident on October 9, 2003 at Casa Grande, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 3, 2001 at Sebastian, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Velocity XL · operated under 091
the pilot's misjudged landing flare and inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, which resulted in his failure to maintain runway alignment.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX04CA008 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robert D. Wood VELOCITY XLFG · operated under 091
The manufacturer's inadequate design of the winglet/rudder assembly, and inadequate bonding techniques for metal to fiber structures, which resulted in control surface flutter.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL01LA029 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