Zipline P2 ZIP
N231JF is a Zipline P2 ZIP, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings). It is unmanned. It is registered to Zipline International INC, a corporation in S San Fran, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 22, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Zipline (United States)FAA spelling: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC
- Model
- P2 ZIP · all P2 ZIPs and related versions
- Serial number
- 18736P21143
- Type
- Hybrid lift
- Power
- Electric, 5 motors
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A20D05 (octal 50406405)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 22, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 22, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01536128
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zipline International INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 333 Corey Way
S San Fran, CA 94080-6706
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N231JF, 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 Zipline International INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 22, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. 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 18736P21143 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N231JF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (serial 25-0075, cancelled March 22, 2018). 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 N231JF: Accident on November 13, 2014 at Clines Corners, NM: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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 Aircraft CORP. M20K · operated under 091
The noninstrument-rated pilot's decision to initiate the flight into known deteriorating weather conditions and his continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which ultimately resulted in a loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the air traffic controller's failure to provide additional assistance to the pilot when it was apparent the pilot was having difficulties.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN15FA044 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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