{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2024-08-22","city":"CRESCO","country_code":"US","county_code":"089","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":"2031-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-08-22","maker":"DJI","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"DJI","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102D3","mode_s_code":"51441140","mode_s_hex":"A64260","model":"AGRAS T40","n_number":"N502LH","name":"MIDWEST DRONE TECHNOLOGIES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Virden","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-08-01","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN15LA335","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to establish a proper airspeed during takeoff with the airplane near its maximum gross weight and with a quartering tailwind.","registration":"N502LH","state":"IL","summary":"Accident on August 1, 2015 at Virden, IL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N502LH is a DJI AGRAS T40, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Midwest Drone Technologies LLC, an LLC in Cresco, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 2024 and expires on August 31, 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 Midwest Drone Technologies LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 22, 2024, expires August 31, 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 1581F574B238A00102XV for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N502LH was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (serial 502B-2693, cancelled December 12, 2015). 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 N502LH: Accident on August 1, 2015 at Virden, IL: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"1581F574B238A00102XV","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"11064 VERNON RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01460010","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N502LH","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"521368296"}