{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-29","city":"NAPOLEON","country_code":"US","county_code":"069","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":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-29","maker":"DJI","maker_country":"CN","maker_raw":"DJI","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102D3","mode_s_code":"53233634","mode_s_hex":"AD379C","model":"AGRAS T40","n_number":"N9504S","name":"VERTICAL AG LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TALCOTT","damage":"DEST","date":"1988-06-25","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"BFO88LA059","probable_cause":"","registration":"N9504S","state":"WV","summary":"Accident on June 25, 1988 at Talcott, WV: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":8,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N9504S is a DJI AGRAS T40, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Vertical AG LLC, an LLC in Napoleon, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 29, 2026 and expires on July 31, 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 Vertical AG LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 29, 2026, expires July 31, 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 64TBK780010059 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N9504S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Champion 7ECA (serial 7ECA235, cancelled March 21, 1989). 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 N9504S: Accident on June 25, 1988 at Talcott, WV: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"64TBK780010059","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"15236 COUNTY ROAD A","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01382155","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N9504S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"435458504"}