# N701XL: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: February 3, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=701XL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N701XL

## Aircraft that carried N701XL

- [Cancelled 2020-02-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N701XL-2020-02-03): Smith David B CH 701 SP, S/N 7-4618, built 2003. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Faulkner Bobby R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FAULKNER%20BOBBY%20R), [Greenwood, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Greenwood)

## NTSB investigations on N701XL (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA288), Jul 27, 2017: Zenith CH701SP (N701XL), Laddonia, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to take off at night and continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions. which resulted in the pilot becoming spatially disoriented and losing control of the…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N701XL (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20170727015619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170727015619A), Jul 27, 2017: Smith David B CH 701 SP (N701XL), Laddonia, MO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The sport pilot departed Mexico municipal airport (kmyj) in an experimental, amateur built aircraft at 0943Z (0443CST) 27 July 2017 with a destinaton to…

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