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N924QP

Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) BLACKFLY V3

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codeseVTOLElectricOhio

N924QP is a Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) BLACKFLY V3, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor powered by electric motors, built in 2023. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sinclair Community College, a government body in Dayton, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated October 30, 2023.

Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix): Single-seat personal eVTOL, Palo Alto, California

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Aircraft

Maker
Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) (United States)
FAA spelling: ALWAYS BLUE SKIES INC
Model
BLACKFLY V3 · all BLACKFLY V3s and related versions
Built of
composite
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. An electric personal aircraft with a carbon-fibre airframe. This is how the Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) BLACKFLY V3 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
SN103-9591
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 8 motors
Seats
1
Year built
2023
Transponder code
ACCE72 (octal 53147162)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 8, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 8, 2025
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 · October 30, 2023
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01354068

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sinclair Community College (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
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
444 W 3Rd St
Dayton, OH 45402-1421
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Documents on file 0

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The public federal record on N924QP, 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 Sinclair Community College, a government body, certificate issued May 8, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated October 30, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial SN103-9591 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N924QP 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N924QP. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data