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N981NU

Lumenier QAV500

Valid ElectricTexas

N981NU is a Lumenier QAV500, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to National Aeronautics And Space Administration, a government body in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Lumenier
Model
QAV500
Serial number
U1RE008
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 4 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ADB01A (octal 53330032)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 30, 2015
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01180065

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
Type
Government
Address
12211 S Brantly Bldg 276
Elligton Field
Houston, TX 77034

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