# N650BW: 2025 Benjamin Wiford ZODIAC CH 650

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Benjamin Wiford ZODIAC CH 650](https://openairdocs.org/model/benjamin-wiford-zodiac-ch-650) (registry code 05642X7, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Viking 150](https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-150) (registry code 63991)
- Serial number: 65-11478
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Kit: Zenith Aircraft Co ZODIAC CH 650
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: January 10, 2026
- Certificate issued: February 19, 2025
- Expires: February 29, 2032
- Mode S code: A88CE8
- Registered owner: [Wiford Benjamin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WIFORD%20BENJAMIN)
- Location: [Buffalo Gap, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Buffalo%20Gap)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 32.2700° N, 99.8303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 79508, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=650BW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650BW

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 1 in force

### Matched by airframe (Benjamin Wiford ZODIAC CH 650)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Viking 150)

- [AD 2023-10-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2023-10-02): Indicating/Recording System, Navigation · Boeing 18, 23, 35 and 1,060 more. Effective May 26, 2023

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N650BW.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N650BW.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N650BW

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N650BW before.

- [Cancelled 2011-08-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N650BW-2011-08-05): Cessna 650, S/N 650-0028, built 1984. Exported to Brazil. Owner: [Hanover Jet Group Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HANOVER%20JET%20GROUP%20INC), [Boca Raton, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Boca%20Raton)

## Related

- Other Benjamin Wiford ZODIAC CH 650 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/benjamin-wiford-zodiac-ch-650/aircraft.md
- The Viking 150 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/viking-150.md

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