{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2024-04-01","city":"STOCKTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"039","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":"2031-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-04-01","maker":"DJI","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"DJI","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102CD","mode_s_code":"50174776","mode_s_hex":"A0F9FE","model":"T-30","n_number":"N162KA","name":"ARK AGRI DRONES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"West Fork","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-05-12","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA04LA082","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance with trees during logging operations.  Contributing factors were the trees, mountainous (steeply sloped) terrain, and the pilot's decision to conduct operations in this terrain with a 200 foot long line.","registration":"N162KA","state":"OR","summary":"Accident on May 12, 2004 at West Fork, OR: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":6,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N162KA is a DJI T-30, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Ark Agri Drones LLC, an LLC in Stockton, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 1, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. 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 Ark Agri Drones LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 1, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. 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 1581F446LJ8G20300G80 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N162KA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Kaman Aerospace Corp K-1200 (serial 0010, cancelled August 21, 2012). 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 N162KA: Accident on May 12, 2004 at West Fork, OR: fatal, substantial damage (1 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":"1581F446LJ8G20300G80","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"16185 E HIGHWAY 32","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01437924","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N162KA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"657856107"}