{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"","city":"","country_code":"","county_code":"","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-06-10","maker":"DJI","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"DJI","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102L0","mode_s_code":"50161015","mode_s_hex":"A0E20D","model":"AGRAS T100","n_number":"N156SD","name":"","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BEAUMONT","damage":"DEST","date":"1997-11-19","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"FTW98TA052","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain control for undetermined reasons. A factor may have been an encounter with wake turbulence.","registration":"N156SD","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on November 19, 1997 at Beaumont, TX: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N156SD is a DJI AGRAS T100, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The FAA lists the registration as \"n-number assigned as amateur-built, not registered, pending cancellation\". No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"N-number assigned as amateur-built, not registered, pending cancellation\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1581F8ZLC25AV002M949 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N156SD was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Antares Usa Llc MA-32-R582 (serial 0302, cancelled April 3, 2021); Pelt Ranson J Jr MDFD PARSONS/BROCK (serial 0302, cancelled November 5, 2001); Cessna 310J (serial 310J0156, cancelled April 12, 1999). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N156SD: Accident on November 19, 1997 at Beaumont, TX: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"","region_code":"","registrant_type":"","registrant_type_code":"","seats":0,"serial_number":"1581F8ZLC25AV002M949","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"","status":"N-number assigned as amateur-built, not registered, pending cancellation","status_code":"11","status_short":"Pending cancellation","street":"","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01549100","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N156SD","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":""}