Light jet

N253AA

Anduril Industries CPJ-100

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
82
Class
Light jet
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Anduril Industries Inc (Corporation)
Based
Costa Mesa, CA
Registration record

N253AA on the FAA register

Type
Anduril Industries CPJ-100
Serial
82
Engines
1
Registered owner
Anduril Industries Inc
Costa Mesa, CA
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A262A4
Mode S (octal)
50461244
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2018-01-02
    N253AA previously assigned to a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (s/n 49286); cancelled.
Overview

About N253AA

N253AA is an Anduril Industries CPJ-100, serial number 82. The FAA register lists Anduril Industries Inc as the registrant in Costa Mesa, California.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N253AA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2004-09-16 Incident · Chicago, IL Damage: Minor NTSB · CHI04IA260
Reported aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 — a different aircraft that carried the N253AA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a flock of birds during climb out after takeoff, which damaged the left engine fan module and ruptured a fuel line to the fuel-oil cooler causing an engine fire.

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.