{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2023-09-18","city":"FRISCO","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","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":"2030-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-18","maker":"Shield AI","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"SHIELD AI INC","maker_segment":"Defense drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102FE","mode_s_code":"50326140","mode_s_hex":"A1AC60","model":"V-BAT","n_number":"N207DS","name":"SHIELD AI INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Silt","damage":"DEST","date":"2014-01-27","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN14FA122","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inadequate preflight planning for a low-level aerial surveillance flight of power transmission lines, which led to his being unaware of the crossing power line while flying toward the sun and his subsequent failure to maintain sufficient clearance from the wire.","registration":"N207DS","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on January 27, 2014 at Silt, CO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WESTON","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-06-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW97LA217","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and failure to maintain adequate altitude and/or clearance from rising mountainous/hilly terrain.  The unfavorable wind condition and low airspeed were related factors.","registration":"N207DS","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on June 12, 1997 at Weston, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N207DS is a Shield AI V-BAT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It is unmanned. It is registered to Shield Ai INC, a corporation in Frisco, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 18, 2023 and expires on September 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 Shield Ai INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 18, 2023, expires September 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 VB-100145 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N207DS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206L-3 (serial 51546, cancelled July 30, 2015). 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":"2 NTSB records under N207DS: Accident on January 27, 2014 at Silt, CO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Accident on June 12, 1997 at Weston, CO: 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":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":0,"serial_number":"VB-100145","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"16240 GATEWAY PATH STE 100","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"01421160","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N207DS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"750333936"}