N22431 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 13, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA cancelled June 13, 2013
- Serial number
- 0494
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- August 16, 1989
- Last FAA action
- October 5, 2001
- Last owner
- Palm Beach Helicopters INC (Corporation)
N Palm Beach, FL - Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control
Sport Flugzeugbau Goeppingen TYPE 1 WOLF cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 2
- Type
- Glider · None
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- B
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N22431
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 · serial 0494
THE FAILURE OF THE TAILROTOR DRIVESHAFT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS RESULTING IN LOSS OF TAILROTOR DRIVE. THIS RESULTED IN THE HELICOPTER SPINNING UNCONTROLLED AND DESCENDING FROM A HOVER UNTIL IT CRASHED IN THE WATER.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site