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N538XC

Clemson University CU_UAV

Valid ElectricSouth Carolina

N538XC is a Clemson University CU_UAV, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Clemson University, a government body in Clemson, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 10, 2015 and expires on February 29, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Clemson University
Model
CU_UAV
Serial number
001
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 8 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6D035 (octal 51550065)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 10, 2015
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
April 21, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01171126

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Clemson University
Type
Government
Address
300 Brackett Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-0001

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