Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N255VS is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2014. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Vertical Solutions LLC, an LLC in Valdez, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 18, 2014 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 8, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 13685
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A26BFD (octal 50465775)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2014
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 8, 2014
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 01143257
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vertical Solutions LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 3485
Valdez, AK 99685
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N255VS, 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 Vertical Solutions LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 18, 2014, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 8, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 13685 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N255VS 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 N255VS: Accident on December 16, 2015 at Valdez, AK: no 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The overhaul facility’s improper and excessive use of an approved lubricant during overhaul of the fuel injection servo, which resulted in a disruption of fuel flow and a total loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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