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Electric and sustainable aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Archer Aviation M001
N704AX is an Archer Aviation M001, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings), built in 2025. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Archer Aviation INC, a corporation in San Jose, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated February 23, 2026.
Archer Aviation: Midnight air taxi, San Jose, California
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Archer Aviation (United States)FAA spelling: ARCHER AVIATION INC
- Model
- M001
- Serial number
- 2
- Type
- Hybrid liftFAA type of aircraft code H (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, 12 motors
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 2025
- Transponder code
- A96380 (octal 52261600)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 26, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- September 26, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 23, 2026
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01504397
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Archer Aviation INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 190 W Tasman Dr
San Jose, CA 95134-1700
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N704AX links to the rest of the register
- Archer Aviation 4 aircraft on the register
- Archer Aviation INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- San Jose, CA 371 aircraft registered in this town
- Mineta San Jose International · SJC
- Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County · RHV
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N704AX.json.
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The public federal record on N704AX, 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.
Valid registration to Archer Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 26, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for research and development, dated February 23, 2026, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N704AX was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15078469, cancelled April 13, 2017). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N704AX: Accident on July 17, 1999 at Glenns Ferry, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150M · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the attempted takeoff. A related factor was the pilot's lack of recent experience.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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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