N601RN is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Raytheon Co COBRA built in 2006. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 27, 2009. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".
Raytheon Co COBRA cancelled August 27, 2009
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 2006
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- July 12, 2006
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2009
- Last owner
- Raytheon CO (Corporation)
Tucson, AZ - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development; Crew training; Market survey
NTSB accident and incident record under N601RN
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Raytheon Company COBRA · serial 001
The flight team's failure to program the UAS with flight-tested parameters that could tolerate the high density altitude and tailwind conditions encounted during the flight, which resulted in two undershoot approaches, and the existence of an undiscovered software anomaly that resulted in a momentary loss of control and overshoot of the final approach course, followed by a steep descent and subsequent collision with a light pole.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site