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N65CT

Zinkel Joseph ZODIAC CH650 B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMaryland

N65CT is a Zinkel Joseph ZODIAC CH650 B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2014. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Coltons Point, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 21, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 6, 2014.

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Aircraft

Maker
Zinkel Joseph
Model
ZODIAC CH650 B
Serial number
65-8650
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Ulpower UL350IS · 130 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2014
Kit
ZENITH AIRCRAFT ZODIAC CH 650B
Transponder code
A88AA5 (octal 52105245)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 21, 2023
Expires
December 31, 2030
Last FAA action
December 27, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 6, 2014
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01124649

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Macwilliams James B
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
37945 Blue Crab Ln
Coltons Point, MD 20626-2118

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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

2007-11-26Piper PA-23-250 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N65CT links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Coltons Point, MD 1 aircraft registered in this town
  • Maryland 2,344 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N65CT, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Macwilliams James B, an individual, certificate issued December 21, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 6, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 65-8650 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N65CT was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-2461, cancelled November 26, 2007). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N65CT: Accident on August 10, 2002 at Virgin Gorda: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA02WA151Accident on August 10, 2002 at Virgin Gorda: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-23-250B · operated under 091

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data