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N882WS

Sparkcognition Inc SAPHIRA 1.5

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectricTexas
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N882WS is a Sparkcognition Inc SAPHIRA 1.5, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings), built in 2020. It is unmanned. It is registered to Sparkcognition INC, a corporation in Austin, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated May 19, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Sparkcognition Inc
Model
SAPHIRA 1.5
Serial number
001
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
2020
Transponder code
AC2748 (octal 53023510)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 3, 2020
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
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 · Unmanned aircraft, research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 9A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 19, 2020
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01311164

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sparkcognition 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
4030 W Braker Ln Ste 500
Austin, TX 78759-5337

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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The public federal record on N882WS, 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 Sparkcognition INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 3, 2020, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated May 19, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N882WS according to the deregistered file. [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 N882WS: Accident on December 28, 1998 at North Las Vegas, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. 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

LAX99LA059Accident on December 28, 1998 at North Las Vegas, NV: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18200835

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna TR182 · operated under 091

Failure of the pilot-in-command of the other aircraft to see and avoid the stationary Cessna TR182.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data