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A Robinson R44, the same model family as N4004M
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026
N4004M

Robinson Helicopter R44

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida
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N4004M is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2026. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Airman Helicopter INC, a non-citizen corporation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2026 and expires on November 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 5, 2026. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

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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
2854
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
2026
Transponder code
A4AF91 (octal 51127621)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 5, 2026
Expires
November 30, 2033
Last FAA action
November 5, 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 · June 5, 2026
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01553783

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Airman Helicopter INC
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1805 NW 51St Pl Hngr 7
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-2753

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 1

2026-10-13Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 2

2018-01-03Ayres Corporation S2R-600 · Registration expired, pending cancellation
1954-01-14Piper PA-12 · Valid registration

Connections how N4004M 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
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N4004M, 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 Airman Helicopter INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued November 5, 2026, expires November 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 5, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2854 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4004M was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Ayres Corporation S2R-600 (serial 2491R, cancelled January 3, 2018); Piper PA-12 (serial 12-2881, cancelled January 14, 1954). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 13, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N4004M. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data