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A Robinson R22, the same model family as N3458
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N3458

Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMichigan
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N3458 is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pickford, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 20, 2021.

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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
4294
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-360-J2A · 145 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2008
Transponder code
A3D351 (octal 50751521)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 17, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 17, 2026
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 · April 20, 2021
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01002609

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Johnston Donald Trustee
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
23412 S Rocky Point Rd
Pickford, MI 49774-8910

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

1992-10-23Let BLANIK L-13 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N3458 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-360-J2A 255 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
  • Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Place
  • Pickford, MI 1 aircraft registered in this town
  • Michigan 7,217 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N3458, 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 Johnston Donald Trustee, an individual, certificate issued September 17, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 20, 2021, 13 years after the 2008 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 4294 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3458 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Let BLANIK L-13 (serial 174216, cancelled October 23, 1992). 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 N3458: Accident on September 16, 1989 at Buena Vista, CO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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

DEN89LA210Accident on September 16, 1989 at Buena Vista, CO: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 174216

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Let L-13 · operated under 091

A PREMATURE RELEASE OF THE GLIDER TOW LINE BY THE GLIDER PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED, WHILE MANEUVERING BACK TOWARD THE RUNWAY, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.

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