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A Shield AI V-BAT, the same model family as N663LB
A Shield AI V-BAT like this one, not N663LB itself. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Graves, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Drone · FAA record as of October 27, 2026
N663LB

Shield AI V-BAT

Assigned, not yet registeredFAA registration status code 3: N-number assigned as a non-type-certificated aircraft, not yet registered. All codesDefense drones
Records check, free: 3 to understand, 2 clear

N663LB is a Shield AI V-BAT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It is unmanned. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The FAA lists the registration as "n-number assigned as a non-type-certificated aircraft, not yet registered". No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Shield AI (United States)
FAA spelling: SHIELD AI INC
Model
V-BAT · all V-BATs 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 Shield AI V-BAT 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
VB-200321
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
A8C05A (octal 52140132)

Registration

Status
N-number assigned as a non-type-certificated aircraft, not yet registeredFAA registration status code 3 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
September 1, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
—
FAA record id
01558606

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Withheld at the owner's request
Type
—
Address

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

2010-11-30Learjet Inc 45 · exported to Brazil · Valid registration

Connections how N663LB links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N663LB, 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 "N-number assigned as a non-type-certificated aircraft, not yet registered". 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 VB-200321 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N663LB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Learjet Inc 45 (serial 2114, cancelled November 30, 2010). 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 N663LB. 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 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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.

Request the full report for N663LBWhat the full report adds

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data