{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2021-12-14","city":"MINOT","country_code":"US","county_code":"101","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":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Freefly Systems","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"FREEFLY SYSTEMS","maker_segment":"Inspection and mapping drones","mfr_mdl_code":"061017A","mode_s_code":"53146106","mode_s_hex":"ACCC46","model":"ALTA X","n_number":"N9234U","name":"SKYSKOPES INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"JOPLIN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1992-09-20","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI92LA284","probable_cause":"POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION ALONG WITH THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ASSURE AN ADEQUATE FUEL SUPPLY TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT.  A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DOWNDRAFT ENCOUNTERED.","registration":"N9234U","state":"MO","summary":"Accident on September 20, 1992 at Joplin, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ELKHART","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-08-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI88LA219","probable_cause":"","registration":"N9234U","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on August 21, 1988 at Elkhart, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":4,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9234U is a Freefly Systems ALTA X, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Skyskopes INC, a corporation in Minot, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 14, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. 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 Skyskopes INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 14, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. 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 AX379055 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N9234U was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150M (serial 15078184, cancelled November 9, 1993). 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 N9234U: Accident on September 20, 1992 at Joplin, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 21, 1988 at Elkhart, IN: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":0,"serial_number":"AX379055","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ND","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"6008 HIGHWAY 2 E","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01353404","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9234U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"587018229"}