{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2013-12-17","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-12-13","city":"NAVARRE","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"18001","engine_horsepower":145,"engine_maker":"CORVAIR","engine_model":"GO-140","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO","kit_model":"ZODIAC CH 601 HDS","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Sims Steven W","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SIMS STEVEN W","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05631TG","mode_s_code":"51745366","mode_s_hex":"A7CAF6","model":"ZODIAC CH 601 HDS","n_number":"N601A","name":"SIMS STEVEN W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N601A is a Sims Steven W ZODIAC CH 601 HDS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2013. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Navarre, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 13, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated December 17, 2013.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sims Steven W, an individual, certificate issued December 13, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated December 17, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-3116 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N601A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-22 (serial 22-4, cancelled August 14, 1972). 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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N601A. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"6-3116","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"FL","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6701 CASTLEWOOD ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01093338","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N601A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2013,"zip":"325668120"}