Board James A ZENITH 601 HD
N740JB is a Board James A ZENITH 601 HD, 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 Stanford, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 17, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Board James A
- Model
- ZENITH 601 HD
- Serial number
- 6-6837
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A9F354 (octal 52371524)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 26, 2013
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · July 17, 2014
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 01121115
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Board James A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 7030 Ky Hwy 1247
Stanford, KY 40484
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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 N740JB, 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 Board James A, an individual, certificate issued March 26, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 17, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-6837 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N740JB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 551 (serial 551-0359, cancelled September 13, 2010). 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]
2 NTSB records under N740JB: Accident on August 7, 2015 at Danville, KY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 5, 2009 at Stillwater, OK: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Board James A ZENITH 601 HD · operated under 091
The pilot's improper adjustment of the propeller blade angle, which resulted in inadequate engine thrust, and his decision to continue the takeoff despite the excessively long takeoff roll.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA15LA304 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 551 · operated under 091
The pilot's loss of control for undetermined reasons.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN09LA281 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