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N88255

Zipline P2 ZIP

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N88255 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 August 17, 2026 and expires on August 31, 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
Serial number
18736P23667
Type
Hybrid lift
Power
Electric, 5 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AC2868 (octal 53024150)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 17, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 17, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01557788

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Zipline International INC
Type
Corporation
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

1997-02-20Bellanca 8KCAB · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1947-09-24Piper J3C-65 · Valid registration

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N88255, 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 August 17, 2026, expires August 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 18736P23667 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N88255 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bellanca 8KCAB (serial 16074, cancelled February 20, 1997); Piper J3C-65 (serial 15872, cancelled September 24, 1947). 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 N88255: Accident on January 22, 1994 at Pontotoc, MS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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

MIA94FA058Accident on January 22, 1994 at Pontotoc, MS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 160-74

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bellanca 8KCAB · operated under 091

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WHILE MANUEVERING RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDING WITH TREES AND THEN THE GROUND.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA94FA058 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data