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A Robinson R66, the same model family as N4478W
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N4478W

Robinson Helicopter R66

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIndiana
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N4478W is a Robinson Helicopter R66, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2012. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Angelone INC, a corporation in Elkhart, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 12, 2012.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Model
R66 · all R66s 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 R66 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
0116
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C300 · 300 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2012
Transponder code
A56823 (octal 51264043)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 31, 2024
Expires
July 31, 2031
Last FAA action
November 24, 2025
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 12, 2012
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01093711

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Angelone INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2920 Gateway Dr
Elkhart, IN 46514-8600

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N4478W links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C300 40 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
  • Type certificate R00015LA · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N4478W, 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 Angelone INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 31, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 12, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0116 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4478W according to the deregistered file. [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 N4478W: Accident on August 6, 1996 at Panama City, FL: 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

MIA96LA224Accident on August 6, 1996 at Panama City, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: TH446

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 58 · operated under 091

failure of the pilot to extend the landing gear before touchdown, which resulted in an inadvertent wheels-up landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot allowed his attention to be diverted, and the resultant interference with his landing routine (habit pattern).

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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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data