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A DJI MAVIC PRO, the same model family as N918EM
A DJI MAVIC PRO like this one, not N918EM itself. Photo: Sinky, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Drone · FAA record as of November 13, 2026
N918EM

DJI MAVIC PRO

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAgricultural dronesElectricFlorida

N918EM is a DJI MAVIC PRO, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Orange County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Orlando, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 17, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
DJI (China)
Model
MAVIC PRO · all MAVIC PROs 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 DJI MAVIC PRO 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
08QCE6F01206Z4
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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, 4 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ACB4D3 (octal 53132323)

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 17, 2017
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01266739

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Orange County Sheriffs Office
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 1440
Orlando, FL 32802-1440

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

2012-03-27Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · First notice for re-registration or renewal

Connections how N918EM links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N918EM.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N918EM, 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 Orange County Sheriffs Office, a government body, certificate issued November 17, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. 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 08QCE6F01206Z4 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N918EM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (serial 3107, cancelled March 27, 2012). 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 N918EM: Accident on July 23, 2010 at Kingfisher, OK: fatal, substantial damage (2 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

CEN10FA424Accident on July 23, 2010 at Kingfisher, OK: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 3107

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · operated under 091

The pilot’s impaired judgment, due to medications, which led to an abrupt low-level maneuver and subsequent impact with trees and terrain.

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 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.

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