{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2015-01-27","city":"CONROE","country_code":"US","county_code":"339","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":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Aeryon Labs Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AERYON LABS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0610058","mode_s_code":"50216743","mode_s_hex":"A11DE3","model":"SKY RANGER","n_number":"N171LE","name":"MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"COVINGTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-11-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL90LA036","probable_cause":"FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND INADEQUATE MONITORING BY THE CHECK PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN A WHEELS-UP LANDING.","registration":"N171LE","state":"KY","summary":"Accident on November 30, 1989 at Covington, KY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N171LE is an Aeryon Labs Inc SKY RANGER, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Montgomery County Sheriffs Office, a government body in Conroe, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 2015 and expires on January 31, 2028. 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 Montgomery County Sheriffs Office, a government body, certificate issued January 27, 2015, expires January 31, 2028. 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 SR7017979 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N171LE according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N171LE: Accident on November 30, 1989 at Covington, KY: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":0,"serial_number":"SR7017979","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1 CRIMINAL JUSTICE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01168805","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N171LE","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"773011491"}