Electric rotorcraft

N278EA

Homebuilt EA J100

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
85516
Class
Electric rotorcraft
Engines
4
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Rjm Drone Spraying LLC (LLC)
Based
Spring Valley, MN
Registration record

N278EA on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt EA J100
Serial
85516
Engines
4
Registered owner
Rjm Drone Spraying LLC
Spring Valley, MN
Certificate issued
2025-08-04
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-08-31
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A2C499
Mode S (octal)
50542231
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N278EA to the current registrant.
  • 2018-06-26
    N278EA previously assigned to a Boeing 737-7L9 (s/n 28006); cancelled.
Overview

About N278EA

N278EA is a Homebuilt EA J100, serial number 85516. The FAA register lists Rjm Drone Spraying LLC as the registrant in Spring Valley, Minnesota. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 4, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an electric rotorcraft.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N278EA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2016-10-27 Incident · New York, NY Damage: Minor NTSB · DCA17IA020
Reported aircraft: Boeing 737 7L9 — a different aircraft that carried the N278EA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The first officer's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and the flight crew's failure to call for a go-around, which resulted in the airplane landing more than halfway down the runway. Contributing to the incident were, the first officer's initiation of the landing flare at a relatively high altitude and his delay in reducing the throttles to idle, the captain's delay in manually deploying the speed brakes after touchdown, the captain's lack of command authority, and a lack of robust training provided by the operator to support the flight crew's decision-making concerning when to call for a go-around.

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.