N701XL is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Smith David B CH 701 SP built in 2003. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 3, 2020. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Smith David B CH 701 SP cancelled February 3, 2020
- Serial number
- 7-4618
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2003
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- October 19, 2016
- Last FAA action
- October 19, 2016
- Last owner
- Faulkner Bobby R (Co-owned)
Greenwood, AR - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
NTSB accident and incident record under N701XL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zenith CH701SP · serial 7-4618
The pilot's decision to take off at night and continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. which resulted in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented and losing control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's degraded decision-making due to his use of a combination of impairing prescription drugs, and the pilot's lack of instrument and night flight experience.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site