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N250AC

Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV40X

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAgricultural dronesElectricCalifornia

N250AC is a Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV40X, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District, a government body in Hayward, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 4, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Leading Edge Aerial Technologies (United States)
FAA spelling: LEADING EDGE AERIAL TECH INC
Model
PV40X · all PV40Xs 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. An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks. This is how the Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV40 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
11440
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, 6 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A25781 (octal 50453601)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 4, 2024
Expires
March 31, 2031
Last FAA action
March 4, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01437859

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
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
23187 Connecticut St
Hayward, CA 94545-1605

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

2018-08-18Piper PA-31 · Sale reported, canceled
1979-09-28Aero Commander 681 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Connections how N250AC links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N250AC.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N250AC, 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 Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District, a government body, certificate issued March 4, 2024, expires March 31, 2031. 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 11440 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N250AC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-31 (serial 31-7612040, cancelled August 18, 2018); Aero Commander 681 (serial 6022, cancelled September 28, 1979). 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N250AC: Accident on June 9, 2017 at Caernarfon, Gwynedd: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

CEN17WA349Accident on June 9, 2017 at Caernarfon, Gwynedd: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 31-7612040

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA31 · operated under NUSN

On June 9, 2017, at 1705 coordinated universal time, a Piper PA31, N250AC, impacted terrain during landing at Caernarfon Airport (EGCK), Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and fire. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries. The flight originated from an unknown location. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the United Kingdom. Any further information may be obtained from the Air Accidents Investigative Branch (AAIB): Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Tel: +…

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data