Turbine helicopter

N257GS

Geoscout AIRD-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
2028001D2101
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc (Corporation)
Based
Cambridge, MA
Registration record

N257GS on the FAA register

Type
Geoscout AIRD-1
Serial
2028001D2101
Engines
1
Registered owner
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc
Cambridge, MA
Certificate issued
2020-11-02
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2027-11-30
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A27226
Mode S (octal)
50471046
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-11-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N257GS.
Overview

About N257GS

N257GS is a Geoscout AIRD-1, serial number 2028001D2101. The FAA register lists Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc as the registrant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 2, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N257GS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N257GS.

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.