William R Mcwethy STOL CH750
N749WJ is a William R Mcwethy STOL CH750, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2012. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Dixon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 23, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 23, 2012.
Aircraft
- Maker
- William R Mcwethy
- Model
- STOL CH750
- Serial number
- 75-7751
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2012
- Kit
- ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO STOL CH 750
- Transponder code
- AA15F6 (octal 52412766)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 23, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 31, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 23, 2012
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01098400
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mcwethy William R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 564 Kilgore Rd
Dixon, IL 61021-8706
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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 N749WJ, 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 Mcwethy William R, an individual, certificate issued August 23, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 23, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 75-7751 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N749WJ 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]
1 NTSB record under N749WJ: Accident on January 15, 2025 at Byron, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zenith STOL CH750 · operated under 091
The pilot inadvertently moved the ignition key to the off position and broke the key, which resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25LA078 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