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A Robinson R22, the same model family as N246TM
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N246TM

Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York
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N246TM is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to Tango Mike Aviation LLC, an LLC in Seneca Falls, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 5, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 11, 2001.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
Model
R22 BETA · all R22 BETAs 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
3238
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 O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A247FE (octal 50443776)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 5, 2025
Expires
August 31, 2032
Last FAA action
August 22, 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 · July 11, 2001
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00183894

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tango Mike Aviation LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2727 Airport Rd Hngr 4
Seneca Falls, NY 13148

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

2017-11-20Rich Mark WHEELER EXPRESS · First notice for registration renewal

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The public federal record on N246TM, 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 Tango Mike Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 5, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3238 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N246TM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Rich Mark WHEELER EXPRESS (serial 145, cancelled November 20, 2017). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N246TM: Accident on August 19, 2017 at Madras, OR: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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

WPR17FA185Accident on August 19, 2017 at Madras, OR: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 145

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rich Wheeler Express CT · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern for landing, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, a subsequent aerodynamic stall at an altitude too low to recover.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data