Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA
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 aluminiumA 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
- Robinson R22 817 registered
- Robinson Helicopter 3,183 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
- Port Angeles, WA 72 aircraft registered in this town
- William R Fairchild International · CLM
- Port Angeles Seaplane Base · W66
- Washington 10,630 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Robinson R22 47 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Robinson R22 576 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Robinson R22 90 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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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.
Valid registration to Deese Derick D e, an individual, certificate issued January 30, 2025, expires January 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 10, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0493 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2242P according to the deregistered file. [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]
1 NTSB record under N2242P: Accident on June 16, 2001 at Atwater, OH: serious 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.
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NTSB records 1
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data
