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N549NU

Nasa Langley Research Center Y-6-2

Valid ElectricVirginia

N549NU is a Nasa Langley Research Center Y-6-2, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to NASA Langley Research Center, a government body in Hampton, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 17, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Nasa Langley Research Center
Model
Y-6-2
Serial number
002
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 6 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A6FA9A (octal 51575232)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 17, 2017
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01238217

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
NASA Langley Research Center
Type
Government
Address
6 E Taylor St
Hampton, VA 23681-2130

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