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N618CP

AeroVironment PUMA AE

Valid Defense dronesElectricCalifornia

N618CP is an AeroVironment PUMA AE, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor powered by electric motors. It is unmanned. It is registered to California Polytechnic State University, a government body in San Luis Obispo, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
AeroVironment (United States)
FAA spelling: AEROVIRONMENT INC
Model
PUMA AE
Serial number
2034
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Electric, 1 motor
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A80CB6 (octal 52006266)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 13, 2015
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01189565

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
California Polytechnic State University
Type
Government
Address
Aerospace Engineering
1 Grand Ave
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2009-01-13Cirrus Design Corp SR22 · exported to Germany · Valid registration

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