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N197PA, a DJI T40
N197PA itself. Photo: André Gerwing, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Drone · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N197PA

DJI T40

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAgricultural dronesElectricIdaho
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N197PA is a DJI T40, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Custom Air Application LLC, an LLC in Lewiston, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 7, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
DJI (China)
Model
T40 · all T40s and related versions
Built of
carbon fibre and plastic
A drone: a carbon-fibre or moulded plastic frame carrying electric motors, batteries and the flight computer. This is how the DJI T40 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
1581F574B235B00102VP
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
ElectricFAA type of engine code 10 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 8 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A18372 (octal 50301562)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 7, 2025
Expires
January 31, 2032
Last FAA action
January 7, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01468460

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Custom Air Application LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
613 Bryden Ave Ste C225
Lewiston, ID 83501-5192

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2022-04-28Gulfstream American Corp. G-1159A · Valid registration

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N197PA, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Custom Air Application LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 7, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1581F574B235B00102VP for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N197PA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Gulfstream American Corp. G-1159A (serial 329, cancelled April 28, 2022). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N197PA. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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.

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data