Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N128AF is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Summerskyz INC, a corporation in Saint Joseph, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 9, 2021.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 11475
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- A07170 (octal 50070560)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 9, 2021
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01313166
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Summerskyz INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2040 County Road 2300 N
Saint Joseph, IL 61873-9551
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N128AF, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Summerskyz INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 18, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 9, 2021, 15 years after the 2006 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11475 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N128AF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American T-28A (serial 491619A, cancelled September 27, 2010). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
3 NTSB records under N128AF: Accident on March 10, 2025 at Chicago, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 27, 2010 at Oklahoma City, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 18, 1989 at Jerome, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter R44 II · operated under 091
On March 10, 2025, about 18:30 central daylight time, a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, N128AF was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Chicago, Illinois. The pilot and both passengers were not injured. The helicopter was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 sightseeing flight. The helicopter departed Lansing Municipal Airport (IGQ), Lansing, Illinois about 17:45. The pilot stated that they flew north, about 25 nm, along the Lake Michigan shoreline to Navy Pier, and then proceeded south back towards IGQ at an altitude of about 1,…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25LA116 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American T-28A · operated under 091
The failure of the master rod bearing, which resulted in a loss of engine power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN10LA272 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: North American T-28A · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF ANOTHER PERSON TO REPORT A HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE NOT BEING INSPECTED BY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA89LA058 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data