{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2026-04-14","city":"SAN MATEO","country_code":"US","county_code":"081","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":"2033-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-04-14","maker":"Alef Aeronautics","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ALEF AERONAUTICS INC","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"05643P8","mode_s_code":"51570370","mode_s_hex":"A6F0F8","model":"MODEL ZERO 24","n_number":"N5463A","name":"ALEF AERONAUTICS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5463A is an Alef Aeronautics MODEL ZERO 24, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 1 seat. It is registered to Alef Aeronautics INC, a corporation in San Mateo, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2026 and expires on April 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 Alef Aeronautics INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 14, 2026, expires April 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 1 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5463A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 310B (serial 35663, cancelled July 11, 2013). 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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N5463A. 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":1,"serial_number":"1","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"980 S AMPHLETT BLVD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01542049","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5463A","watchlist_group":"eVTOL","watchlist_note":"Model A flying car, San Mateo, California","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"944021801"}