{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2005-06-29","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2004-11-24","city":"ERIE","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41506","engine_horsepower":140,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-290 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-23","maker":"Elkins Dennis E","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ELKINS DENNIS E","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05618PA","mode_s_code":"50537470","mode_s_hex":"A2BF38","model":"ZENITH ZODIAC 601HDS","n_number":"N27601","name":"ELKINS DENNIS E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sioux City","damage":"DEST","date":"2026-07-24","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN26FA267","probable_cause":"","registration":"N27601","state":"IA","summary":"Accident on July 24, 2026 at Sioux City, IA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N27601 is an Elkins Dennis E ZENITH ZODIAC 601HDS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Erie, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 24, 2004 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 29, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Elkins Dennis E, an individual, certificate issued November 24, 2004, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 29, 2005, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-3887 HDS for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N27601 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-7852091, cancelled September 5, 1978). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N27601: Accident on July 24, 2026 at Sioux City, IA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"6-3887 HDS","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1332 KANEMOTO WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00142669","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N27601","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"805166945"}