{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2026-04-16","city":"ODEBOLT","country_code":"US","county_code":"161","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":"GTEEX Revolution","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"GTEEX REVOLUTION","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102MD","mode_s_code":"52121407","mode_s_hex":"A8A307","model":"INDEPENDENCE 19","n_number":"N656AC","name":"TERRAPLEX AG LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ROCKLEDGE","damage":"DEST","date":"1998-01-17","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ATL98LA032","probable_cause":"The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.  A factor was the trees in the emergency landing area.","registration":"N656AC","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on January 17, 1998 at Rockledge, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N656AC is a GTEEX Revolution INDEPENDENCE 19, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Terraplex AG LLC, an LLC in Odebolt, Iowa. 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 Terraplex AG 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 212985300C6DF for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N656AC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Socata TB21 (serial 2224, cancelled March 25, 2011); Via Inc Merritt Island AERO COMP AC6 (serial 96125, cancelled September 3, 1998). 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 N656AC: Accident on January 17, 1998 at Rockledge, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 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":"212985300C6DF","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"705 S DES MOINES ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01543038","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N656AC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"514581003"}
