Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N4017S is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 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 COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 15031
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A4B3B6 (octal 51131666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid, assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- September 1, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01573653
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 N4017S, 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 15031 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4017S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Domaille Robert S RANS S-12 (serial 1091135, cancelled June 7, 2006); Sikorsky S-61A (serial 61485, cancelled February 25, 1972). 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 30, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N4017S: Accident on March 24, 1996 at Albuquerque, NM: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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: Domaille RANS S-12 · operated under 091
the student pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft after initiating a flight into adverse weather conditions. The strong, gusting wind was a factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW96LA155 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