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N453DN

Mark Smith 550 FLAMEWHEEL

Valid ElectricCalifornia

N453DN is a Mark Smith 550 FLAMEWHEEL, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Due North Productions, a corporation in Santa Monica, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 16, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Mark Smith
Model
550 FLAMEWHEEL
Serial number
0006A
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 6 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A57D99 (octal 51276631)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 16, 2022
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01195844

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Due North Productions
Type
Corporation
Address
2204 Euclid St
Santa Monica, CA 90405-1511

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data