Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N233JD is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sulphur Creek Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Three Rivers, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 4, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 24, 2004. 1 document is on file: loan release.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 10300
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- A21471 (octal 50412161)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 4, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 24, 2004
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00084299
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sulphur Creek Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 2732 N Highway Access
Three Rivers, TX 78071
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Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N233JD, 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 Sulphur Creek Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 4, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 24, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10300 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N233JD according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Loan release (September 16, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N233JD: Accident on March 24, 2026 at Stonewall, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 25, 2017 at Lake Sutherlin, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
On March 24, 2026, about 0930 central daylight time, a Robinson R44 II helicopter, N233JD, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Stonewall, Texas. The pilot and passenger were seriously injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight. According to the pilot, she conducted a normal preflight inspection of the helicopter and found no anomalies. She stated that the purpose of the flight was to use the helicopter to flush wildlife into an open pasture for observation. While in a hover, about 15 to 30 ft a…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN26LA148 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The pilot’s transition into an out-of-ground-effect hover in high-density altitude conditions that exceeded the helicopter’s performance capabilities, which resulted in loss of rotor rpm.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR17LA168 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data