{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"","city":"MANLY","country_code":"US","county_code":"195","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":"2026-06-15","maker":"EAVision","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"EA VISION","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102JZ","mode_s_code":"51074423","mode_s_hex":"A47913","model":"EA J100","n_number":"N388AS","name":"REGISTRATION PENDING","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sylacauga","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-04-27","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"ERA12LA305","probable_cause":"The pilot's attempt to take off with the carburetor heat in the hot position, which limited the airplane\u2019s performance, and the pilot's subsequent failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.","registration":"N388AS","state":"AL","summary":"Accident on April 27, 2012 at Sylacauga, AL: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N388AS is an EAVision EA J100, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to an individual in Manly, Iowa. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration pending\". 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 \"Registration pending\". 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 85728 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N388AS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B (serial 2245, cancelled February 7, 2018). 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 N388AS: Accident on April 27, 2012 at Sylacauga, AL: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":0,"serial_number":"85728","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Registration pending","status_code":"R","status_short":"Pending","street":"3596 THRUSH AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01494544","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N388AS","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"504568081"}