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N979UA

Matthew Westhoff S500

Valid ElectricAlaska

N979UA is a Matthew Westhoff S500, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to University Of Alaska Fairbanks Acuasi, a government body in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Matthew Westhoff
Model
S500
Serial number
QD-1001
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 4 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ADA6D7 (octal 53323327)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 7, 2017
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
October 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
01238404

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
University Of Alaska Fairbanks Acuasi
Type
Government
Address
2160 Koyukuk Dr Rm 306
Fairbanks, AK 99775-0001

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

2007-02-21Boeing 737-291 · exported to Honduras · Sale reported

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