Freefly Systems ALTA X
N558NU is a Freefly Systems ALTA X, 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 June 5, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Freefly Systems (United States)
- Model
- ALTA X
- Serial number
- 1792C0000000008B2
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Electric, 4 motors
- Seats
- 0
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A71E62 (octal 51617142)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 5, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- January 23, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01332635
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