{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2025-04-12","city":"S SAN FRAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"081","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":"2032-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-04-12","maker":"Zipline","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC","maker_segment":"Delivery and cargo drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102II","mode_s_code":"51114466","mode_s_hex":"A49936","model":"P2 ZIP","n_number":"N396BK","name":"ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Castlerock","damage":"DEST","date":"2012-07-31","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN12CA597","probable_cause":"Propeller system failure during a go-around maneuver resulting in a forced landing. Contributing to the severity of damage to the airplane was the postimpact fire.","registration":"N396BK","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on July 31, 2012 at Castlerock, MN: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Stanton","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-06-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN10CA304","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s inadvertent propeller blade pitch change and subsequent loss of forward thrust.","registration":"N396BK","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on June 7, 2010 at Stanton, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Dodge Center","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-09-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN09CA592","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper glide path during landing.","registration":"N396BK","state":"MN","summary":"Accident on September 18, 2009 at Dodge Center, MN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":5,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N396BK is a Zipline P2 ZIP, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings). It is unmanned. It is registered to Zipline International INC, a corporation in S San Fran, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. 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 Zipline International INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 12, 2025, expires April 30, 2032. 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 18735P2627 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N396BK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bordelon Bruce KITFOX IV (serial C94100070, cancelled January 19, 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":"3 NTSB records under N396BK: Accident on July 31, 2012 at Castlerock, MN: no injuries, destroyed. Accident on June 7, 2010 at Stanton, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 18, 2009 at Dodge Center, MN: 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":0,"serial_number":"18735P2627","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"333 COREY WAY","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Hybrid lift","type_aircraft_code":"H","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01499173","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N396BK","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"940806706"}