{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2026-11-04","city":"PARIS","country_code":"US","county_code":"137","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-11-12","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-11-04","maker":"DJI","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"DJI","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102L0","mode_s_code":"51441340","mode_s_hex":"A642E0","model":"AGRAS T100","n_number":"N502RL","name":"VAPOR TRAIL DRONES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Bronson","damage":"DEST","date":"2018-08-18","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CEN18FA339","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, an aerodynamic stall, and loss of control at an altitude too low for recovery.","registration":"N502RL","state":"MI","summary":"Accident on August 18, 2018 at Bronson, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N502RL is a DJI AGRAS T100, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Vapor Trail Drones LLC, an LLC in Paris, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 4, 2026 and expires on November 30, 2033. 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 Vapor Trail Drones LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 4, 2026, expires November 30, 2033. 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 1581F8ZLC25C60023PAG for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N502RL was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-502B (serial 502B-2823, cancelled June 17, 2019). 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 N502RL: Accident on August 18, 2018 at Bronson, MI: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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":"1581F8ZLC25C60023PAG","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"24247 MONROE ROAD 836","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01570449","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N502RL","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"652752613"}