Robinson Helicopter R66
N4017C is a Robinson Helicopter R66, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to Robinson Helicopter CO, a corporation in Torrance, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
- Model
- R66 · all R66s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1555
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A4B3A8 (octal 51131650)
Registration
- Status
- Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- July 29, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01570046
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Robinson Helicopter CO
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2901 Airport Dr
Torrance, CA 90505-6115
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
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4017C, 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 Robinson Helicopter CO, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1555 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4017C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Barger Jerry L CHALLENGER II (serial 67001, cancelled May 30, 2018); Stinson 108-3 (serial 108-5017, cancelled June 14, 1976). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 24, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N4017C: Accident on September 20, 2014 at Clarion, PA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Barger Jerry L CHALLENGER II · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of flight experience in the aircraft make and model.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA14LA450 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data