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A Robinson R44, the same model family as N3040P
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026
N3040P

Robinson Helicopter R44

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N3040P is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cedar Ridge Aviation LLC, an LLC in Knox City, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 2, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 19, 2018.

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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
1802
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-540-F1B5 · 260 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A33094 (octal 50630224)

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 2, 2018
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 19, 2018
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00442489

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cedar Ridge 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
5096 State Highway 222
Knox City, TX 79529

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1998-04-01Piper PA-23 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N3040P links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-540-F1B5 299 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
  • Type certificate H11NM · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3040P.json.

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The public federal record on N3040P, 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 Cedar Ridge Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 2, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 19, 2018, 11 years after the 2007 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1802 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3040P was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23 (serial 23951, cancelled April 1, 1998). 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 N3040P: Accident on March 13, 2024 at Knox City, TX: 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

CEN24LA135Accident on March 13, 2024 at Knox City, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a rollover and an impact with terrain.

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 November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data