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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Helio H-391B
N289LM is a Helio H-391B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1956. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Franktown, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 17, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 22, 1991.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Helio
- Model
- H-391B · all H-391Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Helio H-391 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
- 036
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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 GO-435 · 210 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1956
- Cruising speed
- 117 mph
- Transponder code
- A2F070 (octal 50570160)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 17, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 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 · February 22, 1991
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00515291
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hawkins Lynn A
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2337 N Sycamore Ln
Franktown, CO 80116-9207
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N289LM links to the rest of the register
- Helio H-391 16 registered
- Helio 120 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming GO-435 33 aircraft with this engine series · 210 hp
- Franktown, CO 27 aircraft registered in this town
- Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Helio H-391 11 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Helio H-391 2 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Helio H-391 179 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming GO-435 5 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N289LM, 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 Hawkins Lynn A, an individual, certificate issued January 17, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 22, 1991, 35 years after the 1956 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N289LM 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 N289LM: Accident on March 23, 1991 at Prescott, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Helio H391B · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND IMPROPER USE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE CROSS WIND AND SOFT TERRAIN, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AIRPLANE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data