{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2023-08-31","city":"RICHMOND","country_code":"US","county_code":"157","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":"2030-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-31","maker":"Hylio","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"HYLIO INC","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102E4","mode_s_code":"50277226","mode_s_hex":"A17E96","model":"AG-216","n_number":"N196BH","name":"HYLIO INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hilo","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-07-08","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"LAX04LA256","probable_cause":"the pilot's inadequate planning/decision by his VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree.  A low ceiling and  fog were contributing factors.","registration":"N196BH","state":"HI","summary":"Accident on July 8, 2004 at Hilo, HI: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":6,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N196BH is a Hylio AG-216, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Hylio INC, a corporation in Richmond, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 31, 2023 and expires on August 31, 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 Hylio INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 31, 2023, expires August 31, 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 17906090002 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N196BH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 (serial 3036, cancelled August 7, 2013). 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 N196BH: Accident on July 8, 2004 at Hilo, HI: minor 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":0,"serial_number":"17906090002","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1020 AGNES RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01419069","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N196BH","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"774698393"}