{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2024-11-08","city":"RIO GRANDE","country_code":"US","county_code":"009","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":"2031-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-11-08","maker":"Verge Aero","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"VERGE INC","maker_segment":"Drone light shows","mfr_mdl_code":"06102I0","mode_s_code":"50774716","mode_s_hex":"A3F9CE","model":"X7","n_number":"N3550X","name":"CAPE MAY AERIAL ADVERTISING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SCOTTSDALE","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-02-21","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX03LA091","probable_cause":"the student pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing crosswind conditions and failure to maintain directional control during the touch-and-go takeoff.  A factor was his improper use of (failure to reduce) the throttle and normal brakes during the accident sequence.","registration":"N3550X","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on February 21, 2003 at Scottsdale, AZ: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3550X is a Verge Aero X7, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Cape May Aerial Advertising LLC, an LLC in Rio Grande, New Jersey. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. 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 Cape May Aerial Advertising LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 8, 2024, expires November 30, 2031. 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 P8DRLX71U4 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N3550X was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 172S (serial 172S8894, cancelled November 8, 2012); Piper PA-31-310 (serial 318012022, cancelled January 10, 1994); Mitsubishi MU-2B (serial 018, cancelled June 25, 1970). 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 N3550X: Accident on February 21, 2003 at Scottsdale, AZ: serious 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"P8DRLX71U4","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NJ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 204","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01477009","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3550X","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"082420204"}