Tetra Aviation Corp TETRA MK-3E
N134TA is a Tetra Aviation Corp TETRA MK-3E, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings), built in 2019. It is unmanned. It is registered to an individual in Tokyo. The FAA lists the registration as "non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports" (certificate issued January 16, 2020). It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated February 20, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Tetra Aviation Corp
- Model
- TETRA MK-3E
- Serial number
- TETRA MK-3E 001
- Type
- Hybrid lift
- Power
- Electric, 4 motors
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- A08BB7 (octal 50105667)
Registration
- Status
- Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports
- Certificate issued
- January 16, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- July 24, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Unmanned aircraft, research and development · February 20, 2020
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01309554
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Koya Kuwamura
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2-15-10-101 Yayoi Bunkyo-Ku
Tokyo, 1130032
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N134TA, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Registration status is "Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Experimental certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated February 20, 2020, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TETRA MK-3E 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N134TA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cheney Richard W TERATORN TIERRA II (serial 9473, cancelled March 10, 2011). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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. [3]
1 NTSB record under N134TA: Accident on May 5, 1991 at Morgan, UT: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Richard Cheney TERATORN TIERRA II · operated under 091
THE INADVERTANT STALL AND THE PILOT'S STEEP BANKED TURN. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LACK OF QUALIFICATION TO CONDUCT THE FLIGHT AND THE STRONG TAILWIND CONDITIONS.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data