{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2025-08-15","city":"WASECA","country_code":"US","county_code":"161","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":"2032-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-08-15","maker":"EAVision","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"EA VISION","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102JZ","mode_s_code":"51166303","mode_s_hex":"A4ECC3","model":"EA J100","n_number":"N4160A","name":"PINEDALE EQUIPMENT LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fillmore","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-01-31","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR09FA104","probable_cause":"An in-flight break-up while maneuvering as a result of the main rotor blades diverging from the normal plane of rotation and severing the tailboom. The underlying reason for the main rotor divergence could not be determined.","registration":"N4160A","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on January 31, 2009 at Fillmore, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Scottsdale","damage":"SUBS","date":"2004-01-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX04CA093","probable_cause":"failure of the pilot to maintain directional control on the takeoff roll.  A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to retract the flaps.","registration":"N4160A","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on January 14, 2004 at Scottsdale, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4160A is an EAVision EA J100, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Pinedale Equipment LLC, an LLC in Waseca, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2025 and expires on August 31, 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 Pinedale Equipment LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 15, 2025, expires August 31, 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 85497 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4160A was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA II (serial 4297, cancelled April 3, 2009); Piper PA-28-181 (serial 2843209, cancelled April 2, 2004); Beech A36 (serial E-205, cancelled March 10, 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":"2 NTSB records under N4160A: Accident on January 31, 2009 at Fillmore, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on January 14, 2004 at Scottsdale, AZ: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"85497","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"16289 368TH AVE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01491285","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4160A","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"560934709"}