{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2015-06-29","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-05-09","city":"HASTINGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"34804","engine_horsepower":120,"engine_maker":"JABIRU","engine_model":"3300A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO","kit_model":"ZODIAC 601 XL","last_action_date":"2025-04-14","maker":"Michael P Chekal","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MICHAEL P CHEKAL","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05633JG","mode_s_code":"51746025","mode_s_hex":"A7CC15","model":"ZODIAC 601XL","n_number":"N601MM","name":"CHEKAL MICHAEL P","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ELKO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1983-07-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX83LA313","probable_cause":"","registration":"N601MM","state":"NV","summary":"Accident on July 1, 1983 at Elko, NV: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N601MM is a Michael P Chekal ZODIAC 601XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hastings, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2014 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 29, 2015.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Chekal Michael P, an individual, certificate issued May 9, 2014, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 29, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6-5660 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N601MM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (serial 61000522, cancelled date not given). 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 N601MM: Accident on July 1, 1983 at Elko, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"6-5660","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1375 JOURNEYS WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01150631","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N601MM","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2015,"zip":"490586000"}