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N816D, a Zipline P2 ZIP
N816D itself. Photo: Aeroprints.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Drone · FAA record as of November 13, 2026
N816D

Zipline P2 ZIP

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelivery and cargo dronesElectricCalifornia
Records check, free: 2 to understand, 3 clear

N816D is a Zipline P2 ZIP, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings). It is unmanned. It is registered to Zipline International INC, a corporation in S San Fran, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2026 and expires on November 30, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Zipline (United States)
FAA spelling: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC
Model
P2 ZIP · all P2 ZIPs 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 Zipline P2 delivery drone 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
18736P24824
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, 5 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AB1FF1 (octal 52617761)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 12, 2026
Expires
November 30, 2033
Last FAA action
November 12, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01566795

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Zipline International 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
333 Corey Way
S San Fran, CA 94080-6706

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

2018-03-06Douglas C-54E · Registration expired, pending cancellation
1982-11-16Douglas DC-7B · Valid registration

Connections how N816D links to the rest of the register

Design
Owner
Place
  • S San Fran, CA 3,479 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 28,286 aircraft registered
Record
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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N816D.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N816D, 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 Zipline International INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 12, 2026, expires November 30, 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 18736P24824 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N816D was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Douglas C-54E (serial 44-9150, cancelled March 6, 2018); Douglas DC-7B (serial 45085, cancelled November 16, 1982). 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 N816D. 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 November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 N816DWhat the full report adds

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data