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N551NU

Uavamerica Inc EAGLE X8

Valid ElectricVirginia

N551NU is an Uavamerica Inc EAGLE X8, 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 May 21, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Uavamerica Inc
Model
EAGLE X8
Serial number
1712A02
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 8 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A70461 (octal 51602141)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 21, 2019
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01292010

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