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DJI MATRICE 30T
N201BD is a DJI MATRICE 30T, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Pike Township Fire Department, a government body in Indianapolis, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 1, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- DJI (China)
- Model
- MATRICE 30T · all MATRICE 30Ts and related versions
- Built of
- carbon fibre and plasticA drone: a carbon-fibre or moulded plastic frame carrying electric motors, batteries and the flight computer. This is how the DJI MATRICE 30 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
- 1581F5BKD225500B7KD0
- 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, 4 motors
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A195D7 (octal 50312727)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 1, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01371202
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pike Township Fire Department
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4881 W 71St St
Indianapolis, IN 46268-2149
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 2
Connections how N201BD links to the rest of the register
- DJI MATRICE 30 11 registered
- DJI 7,035 aircraft on the register
- Built of carbon fibre and plastic · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pike Township Fire Department 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Indianapolis, IN 451 aircraft registered in this town
- Indianapolis International · IND
- Eagle Creek Airpark · EYE
- Hendricks County-Gordon Graham Field · 2R2
- Indianapolis Executive · TYQ
- 5 more landing places in town
- Indiana 5,700 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N201BD.json.
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N201BD, 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.
Valid registration to Pike Township Fire Department, a government body, certificate issued November 1, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1581F5BKD225500B7KD0 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N201BD was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Mooney M20J (serial 24-0612, cancelled September 12, 2006); Mooney M20J (serial 240043, cancelled June 7, 1989). 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 N201BD: Accident on April 24, 2006 at Norwood, MA: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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: Mooney M20J · operated under 091
Improper maintenance, which resulted in a fatigue fracture of the dual magneto mounting flange, and a subsequent loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data