Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N44DQ is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tumbleweed Leasing CO INC, a corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2009 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 13, 2005.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 10821
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A5489E (octal 51244236)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 25, 2009
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 13, 2005
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00177219
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tumbleweed Leasing CO INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 619 N 2360W
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N44DQ, 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 Tumbleweed Leasing CO INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 25, 2009, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 13, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10821 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N44DQ according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
2 NTSB records under N44DQ: Accident on March 22, 2022 at Howe, ID: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 28, 2013 at Tunica, MS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm while descending with a gusting tailwind condition, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR22LA132 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the attempted takeoff, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA14CA055 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data