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N8494C

DJI PHANTOM 3 PROFESSION

Valid Agricultural dronesElectricCalifornia

N8494C is a DJI PHANTOM 3 PROFESSION, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to an individual in Julian, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2015 and expires on November 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
DJI (China)
Model
PHANTOM 3 PROFESSION
Serial number
P76DCE14011663
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 4 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ABA42F (octal 52722057)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 12, 2015
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01183104

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Carter James C
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1663
Julian, CA 92036-1663

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

—Aero Commander 500 · N-number assigned but not yet registered

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