{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"sustainable","cert_issue_date":"2023-06-14","city":"S SAN FRAN","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":"2030-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"electric","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-06-14","maker":"Elroy Air","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"ELROY AIR INC","maker_segment":"Delivery and cargo drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102CS","mode_s_code":"52261717","mode_s_hex":"A963CF","model":"CHAPARRAL C1","n_number":"N704EA","name":"ELROY AIR INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"BEAUFORT","damage":"SUBS","date":"1990-03-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL90LA084","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S DELAYED PULL UP FROM AN INTENTIONAL DESCENT DURING AN ABORTED SUICIDE ATTEMPT.","registration":"N704EA","state":"NC","summary":"Accident on March 18, 1990 at Beaufort, NC: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CHINA GROVE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1987-05-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ATL87LA141","probable_cause":"","registration":"N704EA","state":"NC","summary":"Accident on May 16, 1987 at China Grove, NC: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N704EA is an Elroy Air CHAPARRAL C1, a hybrid-lift aircraft powered by electric motors (it takes off vertically and flies on wings). It is registered to Elroy Air INC, a corporation in S San Fran, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030. 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 Elroy Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 14, 2023, expires June 30, 2030. 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 C1-003 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N704EA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15078542, cancelled February 20, 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":"2 NTSB records under N704EA: Accident on March 18, 1990 at Beaufort, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 16, 1987 at China Grove, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":0,"serial_number":"C1-003","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"415 E GRAND AVE STE 201","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Hybrid lift","type_aircraft_code":"H","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01403052","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N704EA","watchlist_group":"Hybrid-electric","watchlist_note":"Chaparral hybrid-electric cargo drone","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"940806208"}