{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2026-04-16","city":"MCFARLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"025","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":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-04-16","maker":"EAVision","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"EAVISION","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102KQ","mode_s_code":"51577622","mode_s_hex":"A6FF92","model":"EA-J150","n_number":"N550BP","name":"PURPLE PENGUIN SERVICES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Milwaukee","damage":"DEST","date":"2007-06-04","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI07MA160","probable_cause":"The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilots\u2019 mismanagement of an abnormal flight control situation through improper actions, including failing to control airspeed and to prioritize control of the airplane, and lack of crew coordination. Contributing to the accident were Marlin Air\u2019s operational safety deficiencies, including the inadequate checkrides administered by Marlin Air\u2019s chief pilot/check airman, and the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s failure to detect and correct those deficiencies, which placed a pilot who inadequately emphasized safety in the position of company chief pilot and designated check airman and placed an ill-prepared pilot in the first officer\u2019s seat.","registration":"N550BP","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on June 4, 2007 at Milwaukee, WI: fatal, destroyed (6 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N550BP is an EAVision EA-J150, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Purple Penguin Services LLC, an LLC in Mcfarland, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 16, 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 Purple Penguin Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 16, 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 00000J150UAV602595934 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N550BP was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 550 (serial 550-0246, cancelled May 13, 2015); Cessna 550 (serial 5500731, cancelled December 19, 1997); Cessna 550 (serial 5500135, cancelled April 3, 1992). 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 N550BP: Accident on June 4, 2007 at Milwaukee, WI: fatal, destroyed (6 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":0,"serial_number":"00000J150UAV602595934","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"WI","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4809 TERMINAL DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01543022","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N550BP","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"535589387"}