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N857A

Skydio X10

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N857A is a Skydio X10, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Shell USA INC, a corporation in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 13, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Skydio (United States)
FAA spelling: SKYDIO INC
Model
X10
Serial number
1668BR40FA004VU2
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 4 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ABC159 (octal 52740531)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 13, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 13, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01572097

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shell USA INC
Type
Corporation
Address
Shell Technology Center Houston
3333 Highway 6 S
Houston, TX 77082-3101

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

2009-04-13Piper PA-22 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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