{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1982-05-06","airworthiness_ops":"Transport","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-05-24","city":"WILMINGTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"003","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41580","engine_horsepower":7500,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"ALF-502 SER.","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"business-jets","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-01-06","maker":"Canadair Ltd","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"CANADAIR LTD","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"1900302","mode_s_code":"51745507","mode_s_hex":"A7CB47","model":"CL-600 CHALLENGER","n_number":"N601DF","name":"E D SANTOS & ASSOCIATES LLC TRUSTEE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hamilton","damage":"DEST","date":"2004-12-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA05LA032","probable_cause":"A partial loss of engine power due to the lack of lubrication and subsequent failure of the left engine's right turbocharger for undetermined reasons, and subsequent forced landing after takeoff.  A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the forced landing.","registration":"N601DF","state":"MT","summary":"Accident on December 30, 2004 at Hamilton, MT: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N601DF is a Canadair Ltd CL-600 CHALLENGER, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines. It has 13 seats. It is registered to E D Santos & Associates LLC Trustee, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 24, 2018 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 6, 1982.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to E D Santos & Associates LLC Trustee, an LLC, certificate issued May 24, 2018, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for transport; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1049 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N601DF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (serial 61-0014, cancelled February 2, 2006). 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 N601DF: Accident on December 30, 2004 at Hamilton, MT: no injuries, destroyed. 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":13,"serial_number":"1049","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"DE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"108 W 13TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Turbofan","type_engine_code":"5","unique_id":"00884212","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N601DF","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"198011145"}