Soto William J CH701
N701WJ is a Soto William J CH701, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Antioch, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 31, 2018 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 16, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Soto William J
- Model
- CH701
- Serial number
- 7-10529
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Aeromoment AM13 SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Kit
- ZENITH ACFT CO STOL CH 701
- Transponder code
- A95A42 (octal 52255102)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 31, 2018
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 16, 2019
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01286317
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Soto William J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3401 Bluejay Dr
Antioch, CA 94509-6514
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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 N701WJ, 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 Soto William J, an individual, certificate issued October 31, 2018, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 16, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7-10529 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N701WJ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: James BEDE 5B (serial 4701, cancelled March 17, 2011). 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 N701WJ: Accident on November 29, 2019 at Byron, CA: 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: Zenith STOL CH701 · operated under 091
The pilot/builder's improper construction of the cowling, which resulted in inadequate venting of the engine, its overheating, and a partial loss of engine power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR20LA035 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