{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"","city":"","country_code":"","county_code":"","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":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-05","maker":"Ceres Air","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"CERES AIR","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102M3","mode_s_code":"50457367","mode_s_hex":"A25EF7","model":"C31","n_number":"N252AL","name":"","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Nanwalek","damage":"SUBS","date":"2011-12-15","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ANC12FA014","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s decision to takeoff from a contaminated runway with unfavorable wind conditions, and his failure to maintain airspeed during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the operator\u2019s inadequate procedures for operational control and dispatch.","registration":"N252AL","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on December 15, 2011 at Nanwalek, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N252AL is a Ceres Air C31, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to an owner whose details are withheld at their request. The FAA lists the registration as \"n-number assigned but not yet registered\". No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"N-number assigned but not yet registered\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 2157854050428 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N252AL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna U206G (serial U20603612, cancelled August 28, 2014). 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 N252AL: Accident on December 15, 2011 at Nanwalek, AK: 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":"","region_code":"","registrant_type":"","registrant_type_code":"","seats":0,"serial_number":"2157854050428","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"","status":"N-number assigned but not yet registered","status_code":"2","status_short":"Assigned, not yet registered","street":"","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01559044","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N252AL","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":""}