{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2025-10-29","city":"ASHLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"155","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":"2032-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-10-29","maker":"EAVision","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"EA VISION","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102JZ","mode_s_code":"50162114","mode_s_hex":"A0E44C","model":"EA J100","n_number":"N157BC","name":"HUSKER DRONE SPRAYING SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"El Paso","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-02-06","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN10FA113","probable_cause":"The pilot's loss of situational awareness resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's unfamiliarity with the hazards of a low-contrast area while using night vision goggles.","registration":"N157BC","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on February 6, 2010 at El Paso, TX: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N157BC is an EAVision EA J100, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Husker Drone Spraying Services LLC, an LLC in Ashland, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 29, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Husker Drone Spraying Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 29, 2025, expires October 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 EAVUAV502485368 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N157BC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL (serial 2418, cancelled February 11, 2011). 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 N157BC: Accident on February 6, 2010 at El Paso, TX: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal). 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"EAVUAV502485368","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NE","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"430 COUNTY ROAD B","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01512604","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N157BC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"680031181"}