Electric rotorcraft

N8581

Hylio AG 230

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
17906100250
Class
Electric rotorcraft
Engines
8
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Iowa State University (Government)
Based
Ames, IA
Registration record

N8581 on the FAA register

Type
Hylio AG 230
Serial
17906100250
Engines
8
Registered owner
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Certificate issued
2025-02-17
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
ABC78B
Mode S (octal)
52743613
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N8581 to the current registrant.
  • 1976-10-20
    N8581 previously assigned to a Homebuilt Starduster SA-100 (s/n 1); cancelled.
Overview

About N8581

N8581 is a Hylio AG 230, serial number 17906100250. The FAA register lists Iowa State University as the registrant in Ames, Iowa. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 17, 2025 and expires on February 29, 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 N8581. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1976-08-28 Accident · Fresno,Ca, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2441
Reported aircraft: Starduster SA100 — a different aircraft that carried the N8581 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.