{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"","city":"COSTA MESA","country_code":"US","county_code":"059","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":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2025-09-19","maker":"Anduril Industries","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ANDURIL INDUSTRIES INC","maker_segment":"Defense drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102LL","mode_s_code":"51300371","mode_s_hex":"A580F9","model":"SAPPHIRE","n_number":"N454AA","name":"ANDURIL INDUSTRIES INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"St. Louis","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-09-28","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DCA07MA310","probable_cause":"American Airlines\u2019 maintenance personnel\u2019s use of an inappropriate manual engine start procedure, which led to the uncommanded opening of the left engine air turbine starter valve, and a subsequent left engine fire, which was prolonged by the flight crew\u2019s interruption of an emergency checklist to perform nonessential tasks. Contributing to the accident were deficiencies in American Airlines\u2019 Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System program.","registration":"N454AA","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on September 28, 2007 at St. Louis, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Jamaica","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-09-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC03FA186","probable_cause":"A fractured nose gear spray deflector due to contact with a tow bar during pushback, which subsequently jammed and prevented nose gear extension during landing.  A factor in this accident was the tow operator's failure to detect the damaged spray deflector.","registration":"N454AA","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on September 2, 2003 at Jamaica, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":5,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N454AA is an Anduril Industries SAPPHIRE, a rotorcraft with a two-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Anduril Industries INC, a corporation in Costa Mesa, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on  and expires on . 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 Anduril Industries INC, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. 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 513 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N454AA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (serial 49559, cancelled June 28, 2016). 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 N454AA: Accident on September 28, 2007 at St. Louis, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 2, 2003 at Jamaica, NY: 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":"513","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1400 ANDURIL","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Two-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"7","unique_id":"01497794","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N454AA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"926261548"}