{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2023-06-16","city":"SEATTLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"033","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":"2030-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-16","maker":"Amazon Prime Air","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC","maker_segment":"Delivery and cargo drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102FK","mode_s_code":"50235742","mode_s_hex":"A13BE2","model":"MK30","n_number":"N179PA","name":"AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"FREDONIA","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-10-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX04TA017","probable_cause":"the pilot's in-flight loss of control due to the fatigue fracture and separation of the force limiting control rod (an integral part of the anti-torque system), which resulted in the helicopter's uncommanded yaw/spin and subsequent collision with terrain.","registration":"N179PA","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on October 16, 2003 at Fredonia, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":6,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N179PA is an Amazon Prime Air MK30, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Amazon.Com Services LLC, an LLC in Seattle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 16, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. 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 Amazon.Com Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 16, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. 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 178650100C for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N179PA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Amazon Logistics Inc MK27 (serial 027B-000608, cancelled October 20, 2021); Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 (serial 900-00021, cancelled March 22, 2007). 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 N179PA: Accident on October 16, 2003 at Fredonia, AZ: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"178650100C","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"ATTN: LEGAL DEPARTMENT","street2":"410 TERRY AVE N","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01409705","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N179PA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"981095210"}