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A Navmar Applied Sciences TIGER SHARK XP, the same model family as N458MS
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Drone · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N458MS

Navmar Applied Sciences TIGER SHARK XP

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDefense dronesMississippi
Records check, free: 2 to understand, 3 clear

N458MS is a Navmar Applied Sciences TIGER SHARK XP, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It is unmanned. It is registered to Mississippi State Univ Raspet Flight Research Lab, a government body in Starkville, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2022 and expires on August 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Navmar Applied Sciences (United States)
FAA spelling: NAVMAR APPLIED SCIENCES CORP
Model
TIGER SHARK XP · all TIGER SHARK XPs 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. This is how the Navmar Applied Sciences TIGER SHARK XP 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
XP-011
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A590F8 (octal 51310370)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 26, 2022
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
March 20, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01345104

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mississippi State Univ Raspet Flight Research Lab
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
114 Airport Rd
Starkville, MS 39759-9678

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

2002-11-25Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N458MS, 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 Mississippi State Univ Raspet Flight Research Lab, a government body, certificate issued August 26, 2022, expires August 31, 2029. 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 XP-011 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N458MS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16 (serial 5458, cancelled November 25, 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N458MS. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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.

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