Electric rotorcraft

N5530S

DJI Air 3S

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
1581F895C25A5007JJKK
Class
Electric rotorcraft
Engines
4
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Samaritans Purse (Corporation)
Based
Boone, NC
Registration record

N5530S on the FAA register

Type
DJI Air 3S
Serial
1581F895C25A5007JJKK
Engines
4
Registered owner
Samaritans Purse
Boone, NC
Certificate issued
2026-04-21
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2033-04-30
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A70CF9
Mode S (octal)
51606371
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-04-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N5530S to the current registrant.
  • 2015-12-17
    N5530S previously assigned to a Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP / 172SP Skyhawk SP / 172 Skyhawk (s/n 172S11496); cancelled.
  • 1990-06-15
    N5530S previously assigned to a Cessna 188 (s/n 1880030); cancelled.
Overview

About N5530S

N5530S is a DJI Air 3S, serial number 1581F895C25A5007JJKK. The FAA register lists Samaritans Purse as the registrant in Boone, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 21, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033.

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 N5530S. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1977-04-13 Accident · Panhandle,Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0461
Reported aircraft: Cessna 188 — a different aircraft that carried the N5530S registration before this airframe.
1975-03-19 Accident · Panhandle,Tx, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0362
Reported aircraft: Cessna 188 — a different aircraft that carried the N5530S registration before this airframe.

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.