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N2550B

Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesUtah
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N2550B is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to Southern Utah University, a government body in Cedar City, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 6, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 26, 1986.

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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
0611
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
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A26C6B (octal 50466153)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 6, 2025
Expires
December 31, 2032
Last FAA action
December 6, 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 · November 26, 1986
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00182257

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southern Utah University (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2410 Aviation Way
Cedar City, UT 84721-8312
Learn to fly in N2550B with Southern Utah University:
Call 435-586-7740Website

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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 2

1982-12-15Piper PA-38-112 · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration
1965-05-21Aeronca 7BCM · Valid registration

Connections how N2550B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-320 series 27,313 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
  • Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N2550B, 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 Southern Utah University, a government body, certificate issued December 6, 2025, expires December 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 0611 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2550B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-38-112 (serial 38-79A0123, cancelled December 15, 1982); Aeronca 7BCM (serial 7BCM-195, cancelled May 21, 1965). 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 N2550B: Accident on September 29, 1990 at Albany, TX: minor 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

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NTSB records 1

FTW90LA188Accident on September 29, 1990 at Albany, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 · operated under 091

FUEL STARVATION POWER LOSS DUE TO THE INADVERTENT MOVEMENT OF THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE BY THE PASSENGER.

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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data