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N4078L

Zipline P2 ZIP

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N4078L 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 April 15, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. 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
18735P2767
Type
Hybrid lift
Power
Electric, 5 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A4CA1D (octal 51145035)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 15, 2025
Expires
April 30, 2032
Last FAA action
April 15, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01499423

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

2002-07-30Piper PA-31-350 · exported to Mexico · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N4078L, 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 Zipline International INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 15, 2025, expires April 30, 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 18735P2767 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4078L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-8152060, cancelled July 30, 2002). 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 N4078L: Incident on April 20, 2001 at Newark, OH: no injuries, minor damage. 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

NYC01IA126Incident on April 20, 2001 at Newark, OH: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: PA31-81520060

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-350 · operated under 135

The company maintenance personnel's failure to comply with the service bulletin, which resulted in a fuel boost pump leakage and subsequent fire during taxi. A factor was the manufacturer's confusing service bulletin.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC01IA126 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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