{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2024-06-05","airworthiness_ops":"Unmanned aircraft, research and development","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2021-03-01","city":"SANTA CRUZ","country_code":"US","county_code":"087","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"99999","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"AMA/EXPR","engine_model":"UNKNOWN ENG","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":1,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-11-06","maker":"Joby Aviation","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"JOBY AERO INC","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"05638TD","mode_s_code":"51557574","mode_s_hex":"A6DF7C","model":"JAS4-2","n_number":"N542BJ","name":"JOBY AERO INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":6,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N542BJ is a Joby Aviation JAS4-2, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor powered by electric motors, built in 2021. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Joby Aero INC, a corporation in Santa Cruz, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for unmanned aircraft, research and development, dated June 5, 2024.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Joby Aero INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 1, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 5, 2024, 3 years after the 2021 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial JAS4-202 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N542BJ according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N542BJ. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":5,"serial_number":"JAS4-202","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"333 ENCINAL ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01333751","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N542BJ","watchlist_group":"eVTOL","watchlist_note":"Piloted electric air taxi, based in Santa Cruz, California","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2021,"zip":"950602132"}