Drone (small UAS)

N158US

Ascending Technologies Firefly

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
34000100
Class
Drone (small UAS)
Engines
6
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Government)
Based
Lincoln, NE
Registration record

N158US on the FAA register

Type
Ascending Technologies Firefly
Serial
34000100
Engines
6
Registered owner
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Certificate issued
2015-06-02
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2028-06-30
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A0E9BA
Mode S (octal)
50164672
Weight class
UAV under 55 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2015-06-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N158US to the current registrant.
  • 2002-06-20
    N158US previously assigned to a Douglas DC-10-40 (s/n 46767); cancelled.
Overview

About N158US

N158US is an Ascending Technologies Firefly, serial number 34000100. The FAA register lists University of Nebraska-Lincoln as the registrant in Lincoln, Nebraska. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 2, 2015 and expires on June 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a drone (small uas).

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N158US. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-07-10 Incident · Detroit, MI NTSB · CHI93IA248
Reported aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 — a different aircraft that carried the N158US registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the failure of a navigation system (#1 INS) for reason or reasons undetermined.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.