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N9853M

Brenner Michael P ZENITH ZODIAC 601HDS

Valid Illinois

N9853M is a Brenner Michael P ZENITH ZODIAC 601HDS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waterloo, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 14, 2007 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 10, 2007.

Aircraft

Maker
Brenner Michael P
Model
ZENITH ZODIAC 601HDS
Serial number
6-3624
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Jabiru 2200 · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2007
Kit
ZENITH ACFT CO ZODIAC CH 601 HD
Transponder code
ADC084 (octal 53340204)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 14, 2007
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · July 10, 2007
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00323309

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brenner Michael P
Type
Individual
Address
6351 Brand Lake Dr
Waterloo, IL 62298-3029

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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

1991-04-10Maule M-4C · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N9853M, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Brenner Michael P, an individual, certificate issued February 14, 2007, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 10, 2007, consistent with the 2007 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-3624 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N9853M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Maule M-4C (serial 7C, cancelled April 10, 1991). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N9853M: Accident on December 8, 2024 at Columbia, IL: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN25FA056Accident on December 8, 2024 at Columbia, IL: serious injuries, destroyed.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zenith Zodiac CH601 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to secure the engine oil filter following maintenance, which resulted in oil starvation, a total loss of engine power, and impact with terrain.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data