Nelson Lawrence K 601 HDS
N918LN is a Nelson Lawrence K 601 HDS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2017. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Yuma, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 10, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 1, 2017.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Nelson Lawrence K
- Model
- 601 HDS
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2017
- Kit
- ZENITH ACFT CO ZODIAC 601 HDS
- Transponder code
- ACB56A (octal 53132552)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 10, 2017
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · December 1, 2017
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01235577
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nelson Lawrence K
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 8221 E Lorenzo Ln
Yuma, AZ 85365-8646
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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 N918LN, 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 Nelson Lawrence K, an individual, certificate issued January 10, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 1, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N918LN 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 N918LN: Accident on May 27, 2024 at Somerton, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Nelson Lawrence K 601 HDS · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate fuel management which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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