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Zipline P2 ZIP
N898AL 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 June 8, 2026 and expires on June 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 plasticA 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
- 18736P22585
- 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
- AC6317 (octal 53061427)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 8, 2026
- Expires
- June 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- June 8, 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
- 01548456
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 1
Connections how N898AL links to the rest of the register
- Zipline P2 delivery drone 3,799 registered
- Zipline 3,799 aircraft on the register
- Built of carbon fibre and plastic · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Zipline International INC 3,180 aircraft in the fleet
- S San Fran, CA 3,017 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,761 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N898AL.json.
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N898AL, 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 Zipline International INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 8, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18736P22585 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N898AL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Douglas C54G-DC (serial 35986, cancelled May 21, 1998). 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 N898AL: Accident on April 17, 1995 at Kivalina, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Douglas C54GDC · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO IDENTIFY A HAZARDOUS LANDING AREA. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT ARE THE PRESENCE OF SNOW BANKS/BERMS ON THE RUNWAY, AND THE INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data