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N2242P

Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington

N2242P is a Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1985. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Port Angeles, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 30, 2025 and expires on January 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 10, 1985.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
Model
R22 ALPHA · all R22 ALPHAs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A welded steel-tube frame under aluminium and fibreglass skins; metal rotor blades. This is how the Robinson R22 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
0493
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1985
Transponder code
A1F289 (octal 50371211)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 30, 2025
Expires
January 31, 2032
Last FAA action
January 30, 2025
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 10, 1985
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00671765

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Deese Derick D e
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1335 W 11Th St
Port Angeles, WA 98363-5507

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N2242P links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
  • Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Place
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N2242P, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Deese Derick D e, an individual, certificate issued January 30, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 10, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0493 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N2242P according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N2242P: Accident on June 16, 2001 at Atwater, OH: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

IAD01LA071Accident on June 16, 2001 at Atwater, OH: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22A · operated under 091

The pilot's improper remedial response to a dynamic rollover event, which resulted in the helicopter rolling over on its side.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data