DJI AIR 2S
N948CG is a DJI AIR 2S, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CO, a corporation in Grinnell, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- DJI (China)
- Model
- AIR 2S · all AIR 2Ss and related versions
- Serial number
- 3YTBK1600301FJ
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Electric, 4 motors
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AD2B19 (octal 53225431)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 5, 2022
- Expires
- October 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 9, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 01375098
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CO
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 790
Grinnell, IA 50112-0790
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N948CG, 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 Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CO, a corporation, certificate issued October 5, 2022, expires October 31, 2029. 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 3YTBK1600301FJ for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N948CG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna U206E (serial U20601689, cancelled August 21, 2013). 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 N948CG: Accident on May 12, 2001 at New Market, VA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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: Cessna U206E · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to a failure of the number 5 piston for undetermined reasons. A factor in this accident was the inadequate emergency handling provided by the air route traffic controller.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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