{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"drone","cert_issue_date":"","city":"AKRON","country_code":"US","county_code":"121","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":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":1,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"drones","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-29","maker":"Leading Edge Aerial Technologies","maker_country":"US","maker_raw":"LEADING EDGE AERIAL TECH INC","maker_segment":"Agricultural drones","mfr_mdl_code":"06102DH","mode_s_code":"53301730","mode_s_hex":"AD83D8","model":"PV40X","n_number":"N970CA","name":"REGISTRATION PENDING","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"ST. VINCENT","damage":"DEST","date":"1996-10-31","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"MIA97WA017","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N970CA","state":"","summary":"Accident on October 31, 1996 at St. Vincent: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ST.MAARTEN","damage":"DEST","date":"1990-04-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA90WA108","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N970CA","state":"","summary":"Accident on April 21, 1990 at St.Maarten: no injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":6,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N970CA is a Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV40X, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to an individual in Akron, Colorado. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration pending\". No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration pending\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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 11475 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N970CA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-40644, cancelled October 21, 2013); Piper PA-28-140 (serial 2821216, cancelled September 5, 1990). 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 N970CA: Accident on October 31, 1996 at St. Vincent: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on April 21, 1990 at St.Maarten: no 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":0,"serial_number":"11475","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Registration pending","status_code":"R","status_short":"Pending","street":"31124 HWY 63","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Electric","type_engine_code":"10","unique_id":"01451608","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N970CA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"807209321"}