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N4689B

Freefly Systems ALTA X

Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codesInspection and mapping dronesElectric
Records check, free: 3 to understand, 2 clear

N4689B is a Freefly Systems ALTA X, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Batcam INC, a non-citizen corporation in Epping. The FAA lists the registration as "non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports" (certificate issued June 23, 2025). No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Freefly Systems (United States)
Model
ALTA X · all ALTA Xs 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 Freefly Systems ALTA X 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
AX426551
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, 4 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5BAE8 (octal 51335350)

Registration

Status
Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reportsFAA registration status code N (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 23, 2025
Expires
June 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 28, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
EuropeanFAA region code 8 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01495695

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Batcam INC
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
Unit 44 Woodside
Epping, CM166LJ

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

2012-12-12Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 · exported to China Peoples Rep · Valid registration
1990-02-27Cessna 180 · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N4689B, 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.

ATTENTIONRegistration and identity

Registration status is "Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [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 AX426551 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4689B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 (serial 52440, cancelled December 12, 2012); Cessna 180 (serial 31587, cancelled February 27, 1990). 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 N4689B. 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