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A Robinson R44, the same model family as N288L
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N288L

Robinson Helicopter R44

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesSouth Carolina
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N288L is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Executive Helicopters INC, a corporation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 7, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 27, 2000.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
Model
R44 · all R44s 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 R44 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
0930
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 0-540F1 SERIE · 260 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A2ECAD (octal 50566255)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 7, 2021
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
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 27, 2000
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00603635

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Executive Helicopters INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3301 Mustang St
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577-7004

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N288L links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-540F1 SERIE 119 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
  • Type certificate H11NM · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N288L, 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 Executive Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 7, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. 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 0930 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N288L according to the deregistered file. [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 N288L: Accident on March 26, 2022 at Myrtle Beach, SC: no 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ERA22LA168Accident on March 26, 2022 at Myrtle Beach, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter R44 · operated under 091

Vibration in the airframe and flight controls for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

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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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data