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N480DM

XAG P100 PRO

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

N480DM is a XAG P100 PRO, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Sobotka Farms LLC, an LLC in Laurens, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 27, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
XAG (China)
Model
P100 PRO · all P100 PROs 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 XAG P100 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
82193482Y57U
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
A5E8F0 (octal 51364360)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 27, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 27, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01469019

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sobotka Farms LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
50128 130Th St
Laurens, IA 50554

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

2013-02-11Mahre STARDUSTER SA300 · Second notice for re-registration or renewal

Connections how N480DM links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • Laurens, IA 3 aircraft registered in this town
  • Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N480DM.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N480DM, 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 Sobotka Farms LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 27, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. 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 82193482Y57U for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N480DM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mahre STARDUSTER SA300 (serial 1454, cancelled February 11, 2013). 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 N480DM: Accident on November 29, 2009 at Zillah, WA: serious injuries, substantial 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

WPR10LA069Accident on November 29, 2009 at Zillah, WA: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1454

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mahre Starduster SA300 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during a low-altitude maneuver.

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data