Pterodynamics Inc X-P4
N273PD is a Pterodynamics Inc X-P4, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings), built in 2024. It is unmanned. It is registered to Pterodynamics INC, a corporation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 9, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated July 9, 2025.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Pterodynamics Inc
- Model
- X-P4 · all X-P4s 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 Pterodynamics Inc X-P4 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
- 1792C0000000003DD
- Type
- Hybrid liftFAA type of aircraft code H (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 · Hacker Q80-7M V2 · 1 hp
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- 2024
- Transponder code
- A2B2EA (octal 50531352)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 9, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 16, 2024
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Unmanned aircraft, research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 9A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 9, 2025
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01452401
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pterodynamics INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4240 N Nevada Ave Ste 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80907-4365
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.
Connections how N273PD links to the rest of the register
- Pterodynamics Inc X-P4 7 registered
- Pterodynamics Inc 8 aircraft on the register
- Built of carbon fibre and plastic · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Hacker Q80-7M V2 1 aircraft with this engine series · 1 hp
- Pterodynamics INC 7 aircraft in the fleet
- Colorado Springs, CO 556 aircraft registered in this town
- City Of Colorado Springs Municipal · COS
- Meadow Lake Airport · FLY
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N273PD.json.
Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear
The public federal record on N273PD, 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 Pterodynamics INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 9, 2024, expires May 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated July 9, 2025, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1792C0000000003DD for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N273PD according to the deregistered file. [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]
No NTSB investigation records located under N273PD. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data